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].
Umami (/uËmÉËmi/), a savory taste, is one of the five basic tastes (together with sweetness, sourness, bitterness, and saltiness). A loanword from the Japanese (ãã¾å³), umami can be translated as pleasant savory taste. This neologism was coined in 1908 by Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda from umai (ãã¾ã) delicious and mi (å³) taste. The kanji æ¨å³, also read umami, is used for a more general sense of a food as delicious.