Interactive video lesson plan for: The Science of Sweetness

Sugar, honey, listen up. Humans love the sweet taste of sweetness, but have you ever wondered why? What's the evolutionary purpose behind our love for sweets? Why can we taste sweet anyway? What are those sugar substitutes really made of? And will this diet cola give me cancer?
Hank and SciShow have the answers!


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http://www.daytonent.com/articles/0706.asp **
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/dining/21sugar.html?ref=sugar
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=artificial-sweeteners-confound-the-brain **
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=making-sense-of-taste
http://www.thedailygreen.com/healthy-eating/blogs/healthy-food/types-of-sugar-0921
http://www.npr.org/2011/03/11/134459338/Getting-a-Sense-of-How-We-Taste-Sweetness **
http://www.wisegeek.org/how-do-taste-buds-work.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/artificial-sweeteners/MY00073 **
http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/edible-innovations/artificial-sweetener8.htm *
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/dining/15sweet.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 **
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-stevia.htm
http://www.neotame.com/
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-can-an-artificial-swe
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=artificial-sweeteners-confound-the-brain * fat?
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-05/readers-wonder-are-artificial-sweeteners-killing-me
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-05/why-we-cant-stop-eating-frosting-can
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-02/unusual-suspects-0 * AS making us fat?
http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm ** list of substances
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WhatWeDo/History/ProductRegulation/SelectionsFromFDLIUpdateSeriesonFDAHistory/ucm091680.htm
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=strange-but-true-cats-cannot-taste-sweets
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/08/12/2980854.htm#.UbeWaufviSo
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/athome/aspartame *
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/business/us-cuts-estimate-of-sugar-intake-of-typical-american.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 *
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/02/the-evolution-of-the-sweet-tooth/ *
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/artificial-sweeteners-sugar-free-but-at-what-cost-201207165030
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/32/4/688

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