"Actually, I believe it's the metabolic cascade. When something sweet touches your tongue, your body gears up for 'something sweet' to come down the pipes. Therefore all of the organs of digestion, including your pancreas are enlisted to deal with the incoming sugar."
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Can I see some peer reviewed studies on this? What are the physiological mechanisms governing this process? Also, does this imply that people on feeding tubes cannot process sugars, or at least are less capable of processing sugars?
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"Actually, I believe it's the metabolic cascade. When something sweet touches your tongue, your body gears up for 'something sweet' to come down the pipes. Therefore all of the organs of digestion, including your pancreas are enlisted to deal with the incoming sugar."
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Can I see some peer reviewed studies on this? What are the physiological mechanisms governing this process? Also, does this imply that people on feeding tubes cannot process sugars, or at least are less capable of processing sugars?
July 9, 2009 - 5:05amThis Comment
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