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Researchers from Meiji University and beverage maker Kirin Holdings Co. have developed smart chopsticks that enhance the taste of food using a weak electrical current to transmit sodium ions. That’s right, these sodium ions are transmitted from the food and then through the chopsticks before they reach your mouth. This allegedly produces a sense of saltiness, thus enhancing taste by 1.5-times, according to Meiji University professor Homei Miyashita.
These smart chopsticks are particularly useful in Japan where the traditional diet favors salty foods, as a recent survey found that the average Japanese adult consumed approximately 10-grams of salt per day. Most know that excess sodium intake increases blood pressure, strokes and may cause other diseases, so this simulation is the next best thing. This invention is right up there with these SNACTIV finger chopsticks in terms of ingenuity.
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To prevent these diseases, we need to reduce the amount of salt we take. If we try to avoid taking less salt in a conventional way, we would need to endure the pain of cutting our favourite food from our diet, or endure eating bland food,” said Kirin Holdings Co.
