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Re: Why do we like sweets?
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Don Wiss <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Fri, 4 Dec 1998 00:03:33 -0500
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At 10:34 PM 12/3/98 -0500, you wrote:

>Interesting.  Do you not enjoy fruits either?

I do, but I never sprinkle sugar on them like many others. I like orange
juice. I do not find it sweet like candies, chocolate, adding sugar to
tea/coffee, and the numerous other ways people get sugar into their diet.

> A widely reported
>side-effect of ketogenic diets is the episodic intense craving
>for sweets, a craving distinct from any actual hunger feelings.

Oh.

>I speculate that our sourness-detectors help us to find sources
>of vitamin C.

Like my OJ.

Don.

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