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