If you ever feel like you can’t stop eating sugar, you are responding precisely as programmed by natural selection. What was once an evolutionary advantage has a different effect today.
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People with a sweet tooth can (partly) blame their genes for their sugar habit. New research shows how the brain also gets involved.
Chickens are not fussy eaters. Any object resembling food is worth an exploratory peck. But give a chicken the choice between sugary sweets and seeds, and they will pick the grains every time. This is…
Strawberries and cream are symbolic of Wimbledon and appreciated worldwide for their oh-so-sweet flavour. Researchers at the University of Florida, including myself, studied more than 30 varieties of strawberries…
When a fruit fly’s ability to taste its food or water is suppressed, its lifespan significantly increases or decreases – regardless…
The gut’s ability to detect sweet food may be defective in people with type 2 diabetes. The study compared healthy adults…
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Postdoctoral Research Fruit Flavor Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Florida
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Lecturer in Ecology and Evolution & Research Fellow at Zoological Society of London, University of Cambridge
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ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Heritage Studies, University of California, Merced
