Nutritionist says you can ‘train' your taste buds to eat healthier

Published April 14, 2025
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Amanda Sauceda, a nutrition lecturer at Cal State Long Beach, interviewed with the wellness publication Health about whether taste buds could be "trained." Sauceda said that "training our taste buds is actually a thing." For instance, we get used to eating strong flavors like salt so by tapering sodium intake our taste buds acclimate to the reduced amounts.