The tongue is a taste organ. It is covered in taste buds which are renewed throughout your life.

Originally, man's sense of taste allowed him to:

• avoid potentially dangerous or toxic food,
• choose food that was rich in the nutritional elements required to provide the energy we need.

Taste perceptions vary from one person to another. A person's taste also changes with age and time, as with all the other senses.

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