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Can you explain how it short circuits our sugar detection mechanism ? Your body detects sugar by the beta cells of the pancreatic islets, causing them to incre
by jokowueu 4y ago
Can you explain how it short circuits our sugar detection mechanism ?
Your body detects sugar by the beta cells of the pancreatic islets, causing them to increase the release of insulin into the blood .
Non of the common sugar substitutes do this
- hypertele-Xii 4y agoNot deeper than a surface level understanding of evolutionary biology, no. Apparently nobody knew how sweetness works until 2001 when researchers found the specific protein that detects sweetness, and then 2012 when the receptors for that protein were figured out. Just think about that. Until ten years ago, nobody even knew how sweetness works, yet artificial sweeteners have been in use for 50.