Andrew Huberman· PhD
Liking sugar is the function of the taste system. And it's not really liking sugar, it's liking sweet, wanting sugar, our never ending appetite for sugar is the story of the gut brain axis, liking versus wanting.
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Liking sugar is the function of the taste system. And it's not really liking sugar, it's liking sweet, wanting sugar, our never ending appetite for sugar is the story of the gut brain axis, liking versus wanting.
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And that is the fundamental basis of our unquenchable desire and our craving for sugar and is mediated by the gut brain axis.