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Fake Electric Fork creates salty taste in the mouth
A Japanese scientist invented a fork that can produce a salty taste in the mouth through tiny electric shocks. The new invention could be especially beneficial for people who may eat little salt due to an illness.
Too much salt is unhealthy
High salt intake can increase the risk of diseases such as high blood pressure, heart attack or stroke according to health experts. On the other hand, salt is a vital mineral for the body. Even without salt, the fluid and nutrient balance in the cells would be out of balance. Whether salt is unhealthy or beneficial to health, so obviously depends on the amount. The German Society for Nutrition (DGE) recommends that you do not take more than six grams of salt per day.
Many people do not like my food if it is not salted enough. But too much salt is unhealthy. In Japan, a fork has now been invented that produces a salty taste in the mouth through light electric shocks. (Image: Photographee.eu/fotolia.com) New invention from Japan
However, the latest figures in a study commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) show a different picture: daily salt intake averages 8.4 grams for women and ten for men grams. Many people think that food does not taste so good when it does not contain enough salt. Experts therefore often advise a slow weaning, because the taste buds signaled the body when reducing too fast, that the food does not taste. Maybe a new invention coming from Japan can help too. A fork with a kind of electric shock function promises to make dispensing easier.
Electric shock provides a salty taste
According to a report by Japan Today, Hiromi Nakamura from the University of Tokyo's Rekimoto Lab has developed a fork that creates a salty taste by stimulating the tongue with electricity. In the grip of the "electric aroma fork" therefore a battery is included, which sends slight power pulses to the tines at the touch of a button. This tiny electric shock creates a salty taste in the mouth. A controller can be used to control the intensity and thus the aroma. The whole thing should not only work for salty but also for sour.
For patients who are only allowed to eat a little salt
The prototype of the fork costs 2,000 Japanese yen, around 15 euros. According to the information, it has been developed specifically for people who need a low-salt or salt-free diet, for example because they have high blood pressure. As early as 2012, the first variant of the electric fork was introduced. The current prototype was prepared for the "No Salt Restaurant". Some testers reported in various media that the desired effect of the fork is achieved, but sometimes also causes a metallic taste in the mouth. (Ad)