A normal heart rate is 60 to 100 beats per minute at rest. Ventricular tachycardia is a regular, faster-than-normal heart rate that begins in the heart's lower chambers.
Umami (pronounced oo-MAH-mee) has been called the fifth taste, joining the traditional quartet of salty, sweet, bitter and sour. The word umami derives from the Japanese umai, which roughly translates as deliciousness [source: Umami Information Center]. Chefs have described it as everything from delicate and subtle to earthy, musty and mushroom-like [source: Ninomiya].
Across the ocean, in Japan, that same fifth taste was also being noted. Umami, which is Japanese for pleasant savory taste or yummy , was pinpointed by Japanese chemist and food lover Kikunae Ikeda in the 1900s.Ikeda noticed when eating a bowl of dashi (seaweed soup) that he was tasting something delicious that could not be described by one of the four taste categories.cross the ocean, in Japan, that same fifth taste was also being noted. Umami, which is Japanese for pleasant savory taste or yummy , was pinpointed by Japanese chemist and food lover Kikunae Ikeda in the 1900s.