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Plan: Atkins-ish (hypoglycemia)
Stats: 000/000/000
BF:
Progress: 50%
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodger
Sugar wasn't a significant part of the human diet until around the 15th century.
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I was thinking more in terms of how starch breaks down to glucose faster than sugar, the availability of limited amounts of honey.
But a preference for sweet taste when available would have still been there - even breast milk has twice as much sugar as fat, and several times more sugar than protein.
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