Sweet, sweet bread
DEC 06, 2020
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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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amylase


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrolysis

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