(Source: TED/Facebook)Ask any parent and they will tell you how difficult it is to get their children to eat vegetables. A new technology known as optogenetics might help trick the taste buds and your child might just eat vegetables willingly. In case you have your doubts, you can watch this video where an experiment was conducted on a fruit fly – their taste buds are similar to ours. And this happens because the taste buds, made up of specialised neurons called taste receptors send a signal to the brain every time we eat something. But is it possible to rewire the brain and make vegetables taste sweet and appealing?

Source: Indian Express April 10, 2018 13:37 UTC