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> most people cannot taste the difference. They think they can, proclaim they can, and talk up how great Mexican coke is, but when actually put to the test they

> most people cannot taste the difference. They think they can, proclaim they can, and talk up how great Mexican coke is, but when actually put to the test they have basically random odds of being right or not Let's set this up. I'm 100% sure I can tell the difference. I grew up in france drinking the sucrose version and I can definitely tell when I'm having a taste of my childhood vs. not. I think what you're trying to say is that you can't tell the difference. Next you'll be telling me that I can't smell the vomit (butyrate) in Hershey's chocolate from the next room over?

llm_nerd 2y ago
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- pazimzadeh 2y ago
  > someone who isn't scientifically ignorant or swayed by Facebook "knowledge" Straw man, I shared an article earlier about fructose skipping a step in the breakdown of glycolysis https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42695820 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42695820. These reviews highlight the different effects of fructose and glucose on serum lipids https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2682989/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2682989/, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8213607/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8213607/. But yeah I guess I'm just a scientifically ignorant phd With regards to taste, if there are other differences in the formulation Mexican vs US coke then that's another thing, but the difference is definitely noticeable. > they more often than not chose the American coke as the better tasting coke Probably because they grew up with it. People usually like what they are used to. This has to be controlled for. Do the same study with Mexican or European person. > rationally understand they both are just glucose and fructose in a drink like a cola, in slightly different ratios if they are so similar then that's even more impressive, because they definitely taste different. > I have never had Mexican coke, to my knowledge Maybe give it a try, just in case you can taste the difference. By the way, taste is important. Warren Buffett famously described how the taste of Coke doesn't linger in your mouth, making you want to drink "3, 4, 5+ Cokes each day". Can't find the original document right now but here is the excerpt: https://x.com/EugeneNg_VCap/status/1652253327034560532 https://x.com/EugeneNg_VCap/status/1652253327034560532. This is part of the basis of his investment in Coca Cola. It would be interesting to figure out whether this is affected by the choice of sugar.
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pazimzadeh 2y ago
> someone who isn't scientifically ignorant or swayed by Facebook "knowledge" Straw man, I shared an article earlier about fructose skipping a step in the breakdown of glycolysis https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42695820 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42695820. These reviews highlight the different effects of fructose and glucose on serum lipids https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2682989/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2682989/, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8213607/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8213607/. But yeah I guess I'm just a scientifically ignorant phd With regards to taste, if there are other differences in the formulation Mexican vs US coke then that's another thing, but the difference is definitely noticeable. > they more often than not chose the American coke as the better tasting coke Probably because they grew up with it. People usually like what they are used to. This has to be controlled for. Do the same study with Mexican or European person. > rationally understand they both are just glucose and fructose in a drink like a cola, in slightly different ratios if they are so similar then that's even more impressive, because they definitely taste different. > I have never had Mexican coke, to my knowledge Maybe give it a try, just in case you can taste the difference. By the way, taste is important. Warren Buffett famously described how the taste of Coke doesn't linger in your mouth, making you want to drink "3, 4, 5+ Cokes each day". Can't find the original document right now but here is the excerpt: https://x.com/EugeneNg_VCap/status/1652253327034560532 https://x.com/EugeneNg_VCap/status/1652253327034560532. This is part of the basis of his investment in Coca Cola. It would be interesting to figure out whether this is affected by the choice of sugar.
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