After discussing for 3 episodes the cutting edge technology that led to a Nobel Prize, I would like to return back to more mundane things and there are not many things more mundane than eating bread :-D
This episode will look at the reason why bland bread starts to taste sweet after chewing it for a while. I hope you will enjoy it :)
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Sources
Evolutionary advantage of identifying sweet food
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetness
The tongue and taste
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue_map
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste_bud
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste_receptor
Sugar and Saccharides
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbohydrate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosaccharide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaccharide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisaccharide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligosaccharide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysaccharide
Examples of Disaccharides
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucrose
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltose
Examples of Monosaccharides
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose
Examples of Polysaccharides
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose
Glycolysis, the metabolism for glucose
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycolysis
Bread and its ingredients
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flour
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread
Saliva, Alpha-amylase and its mode of action
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saliva
