Re: sweeteners and lifespan | was /stevia/sweeteners

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In a message dated 2/26/04 10:39:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,

michaelantonparker@... writes:

> If it helps, I think you're asking the wrong question! Why even use

> any sweeteners at all? Why not generate a new set of expectations

> from within? I'm pasting something below I wrote for the Kefir list

> just yesterday on this topic in response to posts about stevia, to

> give you a better sense of where I'm coming from.

Mike,

In a recent _Neuron_ there was an article that found that the removal of

certain gustatory and olfactory genes in C. Elegans can regulate lifespan.

Unfortunately, the article didn't describe the *functional* trends, vis-a-vis

the

odorants and tastes that they were responsible for sensing. But I suspect that

the sweet taste is a primary one. (It's only *some* gustatory and olfactory

neurons that play a role).

So it may be that overusing sweeteners could be harmful, not only useless. I

suspect this is only true with chronic use-- if you put your body in and out

of life-lengthening mode cyclically, you should be able to lengthen your life

as effectively as, say, calorie-restriction, like the fasting-feasting mice

do.

By the way, we've talked about the effect of taste on insulin before, but did

folks know that SMELLING food raises your insulin levels?

Chris

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In a message dated 2/27/04 6:59:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,

dovedesignsrus@... writes:

> By the way, we've talked about the effect of taste on insulin before, but

> did

> folks know that SMELLING food raises your insulin levels?

>

> What causes the insulin to raise?

Signalling of the olfactory neurons.

Chris

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wrote:

By the way, we've talked about the effect of taste on insulin before, but did

folks know that SMELLING food raises your insulin levels?

What causes the insulin to raise?

Sheryl

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