Like are sucrose/glucose are sweet because we get more energy from them, so our brains gets modded like more energy = more sweet? (I don’t know how to word this exactly) Does the taste we taste depends upon the energy that product contains?
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Sucrose/glucose are not sweet because we get more energy. We get the least energy from carbohydrates and proteins, at about 4 calories each, while fats give us about 9 calories. We have evolved to enjoy food (ie: enjoy the taste and texture and smell) so we don’t starve. The flavor has zero direct bearing on how many calories something contains.
See artificial sweeteners, how little sugar it takes to make something mostly fat/protein taste sweet.
Our love of meat actually is considered one of the defining traits that led to our bigger brains–excess energy from fat and high quality protein (protein is harder to come and absorb from plants).
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