Why Does Sugar Taste So Good?

galactose

fructose

glucose

sucrose

a cactus

a sugar beet

a kitchen

a sugarcane

sugar makes you like a battery

sugar makes you hyper

sweet foods are easy to break down

sweet foods are hard to break down

20 tablespoons

20 teaspoons

enough to give you a stomach ache

enough to fuel their bodies

Fruits and vegetables can be pretty sugary, too

But these foods are also full of vitamins and other good stuff

Experts are not worried about naturally sweet foods

So go ahead and enjoy a big bowl of berries or a sweet apple!

It is the fuel that powers our cells, so it is not surprising that we are born to want the sweet stuff

Sugar molecules are made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms

Most of the sucrose we eat comes from two plants: sugar beets and sugarcane

Animals get the sugar they need by eating plants or by eating other animals that eat plants.

Because naturally sweet foods have vitamins, it is okay to eat cake once in a while.

Because sugar is tasty and gives energy, people want to eat sugar.

Because sugar makes foods taste sweet, people often get stomach aches from eating too much.

Because animals need suar to survive, they eat too many fruits and vegetables.