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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To an extent, yes. Our brains are wired to maximize caloric intake (that’s why we love fat and proteins like meat so much) and stuff like salt that’s not too easy to come by naturally. Nowadays, we can all eat way too much of that stuff, but for most of human history, those high-value food items were rare and heavily sought after – that’s why we developed that taste.
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