You Like to Add Sugar to Your Coffee

question 33

Multiple Choice

You like to add sugar to your coffee.Why would you need 1 teaspoon of table sugar to make it as sweet as only 1/8 of a teaspoon of an artificial sweetener?

• A)Artificial sweeteners bind to a wider variety of receptors that detect sweetness,whereas table sugar only binds to one.
• B)Artificial sweeteners have a greater affinity for the receptor that detects sweetness relative to table sugar.
• C)Artificial sweeteners expand in the body once they encounter certain enzymes.

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