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A taste for sweet – an anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why you're programmed to love sugar

  • Written by Stephen Wooding, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Heritage Studies, University of California, Merced
A taste for sweet – an anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why you're programmed to love sugarBeing able to perceive sweetness can guide foragers to the most calorie-rich picks.Elva Etienne/Moment via Getty Images

The sweetness of sugar is one of life’s great pleasures. People’s love for sweet is so visceral, food companies lure consumers to their products by adding sugar to almost everything they make: yogurt, ketchup, fruit...

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