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].
Thank you for subscribing! An oriental puree which is set to revolutionise British home cooking hits store shelves next week. Umami - dubbed the fifth taste - was unearthed in Japan more than a century ago and harnesses the natural flavour of foods such as beef, chicken, tuna, prawns and cod. For years it has been a secret ingredient in the kitchens of top chefs such as Heston Blumenthal.