Andrew Huberman· PhD
The Preference for Sugar over Sweetener "Depends on a Gut Sensor Cell."
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The Preference for Sugar over Sweetener "Depends on a Gut Sensor Cell."
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Now a key element of this circuit is that the sensors in the gut that recognize the sugar do not recognize artificial sweeteners at all.
And the reason I believe that artificial sweeteners have failed in the market to curb our appetite. Our need, our desire for sugar is because they beautifully work on the tongue. They liking to recognize sweet versus non-sweet, but they fail to activate the key sensors in the gut that now inform the brain you got sugar, no need to crave anymore.
whereas an artificial sugar just as activating the sweet taste