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Sickly sweet or just right? How genes control your taste for sugar

  • Written by Daniel Liang-Dar Hwang, Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Queensland
Sickly sweet or just right? How genes control your taste for sugarGenes not only influence how sweet you think something is, but also how much sugary food you eat.from www.shutterstock.com

You might love sugary doughnuts, but your friends find them too sweet and only take small nibbles. That’s partly because your genes influence how you perceive sweetness and how much sugary food and drink you consume.

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