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Joonas Mäkinen says:
January 14, 2015 at 3:25 am (UTC 0)
Ouch, it’s showing the myth of only a specific part of tongue tasting a
specific taste… :/
Michel Cormier says:
January 14, 2015 at 4:23 am (UTC 0)
Your mind a reflection of your environment and vice verse. Google truth
contest and read *The Present* if you seek truth !
Shelleg3s says:
January 14, 2015 at 4:34 am (UTC 0)
Why do I start feeling nauseous when picturing the first four sugary items?
It get that feeling in my throat like I just drank a glass of melted pork
fat (that white disgusting stuff around the meat). For some reason I really
dislike sugary food (especially with excess sugar; makes me wanna throw
up), and it would be pretty interesting to know if something’s wrong with
me or that’s just how some people are?
Alison L says:
January 14, 2015 at 5:06 am (UTC 0)
Every single cell in our body runs on glucose, hence why our brain triggers
dopamine receptors to make sugar rewarding and to keep us eating the most
perfect, calorie-rich, foods for our bodies – fruit and starches.
If you read the labels on the foods mentioned in this video, notice that
they are all loaded with fat (and likely animal protein in the form of
dairy and butter). Sure, refined sugar isn’t the best thing ever for you,
but the fat and animal protein is much more dangerous – trying to convert
these things into the sugar every single cell in our bodies need will take
much more energy, so our bodies don’t like to do that. Insulin isn’t the
problem, it’s the fat in our bloodstream that makes it difficult for the
insulin receptors to pick up the insulin. This video makes it seem like we
should be cutting out carbs when we really should be worried about fat and
animal protein.
ALPHA DESIGN Creative Studio says:
January 14, 2015 at 5:55 am (UTC 0)
REALLY?! No spanish subtitles? You even got 2 kind of chinese but no
freaking spanish?! I just wonder why!
J Pierce says:
January 14, 2015 at 6:04 am (UTC 0)
How Sugar Affects the Brain
How sugar affects the brain – Nicole Avena
Lisa Miller says:
January 14, 2015 at 6:18 am (UTC 0)
Drinking my black coffee, wish it was chocolate cake. No, no, no…
PacificCircle1 says:
January 14, 2015 at 6:20 am (UTC 0)
The same holds for all foods that are pleasurable to eat. When I smell the
baking bread smell, I know my dopamine level is going into orbit. A bit
deceptive aren’t you.
Mauro Tamm says:
January 14, 2015 at 7:03 am (UTC 0)
No graving at all. Then again i’m naturally resistant to addiction on
anything (no alcohol, weed ,tobacco, sugar ,coffee etc) – or lack of
dopamine receptors/ dense clusters ?.
Gianfranco Fronzi says:
January 14, 2015 at 7:23 am (UTC 0)
Why do you think sugar is so tasteful ? That’s because our body needs and
loves sugar .
Glucose . sugar , runs the nervous system to the brains functions .
What we perceive as hyperactivity is the fact that we can think faster with
more sugar .
The downside is modern refined sugar , it’s a hit of pure crystal .
Ancient man had one thing going for him , he had better teeth than modern
man , why ?
Refined sugar .
George Reagan says:
January 14, 2015 at 7:39 am (UTC 0)
This is all messed up for me, being autistic. I want to eat the exact same
thing every day. It may be grilled cheese, for months or even years. I may
find something “new” like mash potatoes. Then the whole thing starts over
again. I will crave it, and receive “reward” every day, several times a day
for as long as I eat it, regardless of health implications. About the only
thing that has saved me Vietnamese food. A bowl of Pho can be well
balanced, and if I can afford it, I will ditch what ever I’m currently
eating for a bowl of chicken curry pho.
Ninja Saltman says:
January 14, 2015 at 8:10 am (UTC 0)
WROOONG! the scientific term for sugar is carbohydrates. The common dialect
meaning of sugar is either the crystallized version of cane juice, foods
that have lots of that ingredient, and some sweet foods, whether they
contain it or not.
Something else that s interesting. People do have food preferences, and
sometimes they get spoiled with it, but besides that, its not hard to get
people to eat foods that are pretty bland and dont have a strong flavor.
Its the bitter stuff that s harder, but then, that s all about mentality,
the mentality the one eating as much as the mentality of the person trying
to get them to eat it.
Also, the main reason why eating too much of the same stuff is tiring is
because we have enough or too much of something, and not enough of
something else. I know a guy who s perfected listening to his body. He can
tell when his cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure, even hormones, are
unbalanced. And he gets cravings according to what his body needs.
Joe Mills says:
January 14, 2015 at 8:44 am (UTC 0)
I live on roughly 1,000 calories per day, mostly meats/fish, cheese/butter
with carb/starch and beer/wines in moderation. But I try to save money and
be efficient with food, get higher calorie meals if having less meals for
example. Sometimes a large enough early-day meal will keep me going all
day, but most days I eat twice or have 2 meals.
Altuber 99 says:
January 14, 2015 at 9:40 am (UTC 0)
1:13 Actually all areas have all the functions of flavors.
CUMBICA1970 says:
January 14, 2015 at 9:57 am (UTC 0)
I have tons of relatives (about 20) who died before reaching 50 from
diseases like kidney failure, cancer, etc (ie all related to diabetes) and
none of them was especially obese or had real bad habits. Only thing I can
think of is they consumed sugar “moderately” (or so they claimed.) I mean,
a cup of coffee with 4~5 spoonful of sugar with cereals in the morning,
some Danones yogurts here and there, Oreo snacks… How could go wrong?
After all sugar is energy, sugar equals health, right? Thank goodness my
mother realized we should cut refined sugar at all when I was still a kid.
Richad Astonish says:
January 14, 2015 at 10:11 am (UTC 0)
For everybody’s information …. the hypothesis about the different
locations of taste buds in the tongue is not true. It states that the taste
bud responsible for sensing sweet tastes is located at the tip of the
tongue and the sour, salty, bitter is located there and somewhere…. Well
that is scientifically proven that it is not true and the taste buds are
all around the tongue and can sense sweet, sour, salty, and bitter flavors.
Thomas Avena says:
January 14, 2015 at 10:24 am (UTC 0)
My sisters name is Nicole Avena XD
India Bertram says:
January 14, 2015 at 11:00 am (UTC 0)
THATS WHY IM ADDICTED TO FROSTIES
dwyllie says:
January 14, 2015 at 11:59 am (UTC 0)
Wow! This animation is so good.
Joe Mills says:
January 14, 2015 at 12:50 pm (UTC 0)
I also drink strong black tea with organic whole milk, green tea in
moderation (too much green tea gives me headaches and nausea), black decaf
coffee (sometimes with caffeine but rarely) for regular drinks, mostly
darker lagers and ales (nothing too fizzy or light) and red wines (merlot
or dry red wines nothing too sweet) I rarely drink whiskey and vodka
(slowly swill my mouth and gums with them) and a bottle can last me weeks.
Laura Mills says:
January 14, 2015 at 1:10 pm (UTC 0)
Um boredom, 53 seconds in. ZZZZZZZZZzzzz.
Anousone Singsouvong says:
January 14, 2015 at 2:10 pm (UTC 0)
am i the only one who like broccoli when i was a kid?
ninjags36 says:
January 14, 2015 at 2:40 pm (UTC 0)
Love the animation style put into this video!
Daniel Otto says:
January 14, 2015 at 3:33 pm (UTC 0)
sugar rOCKX
kikonyc68 says:
January 14, 2015 at 4:00 pm (UTC 0)
Do you have a video of how blood sugar attacks the bones and teeth?