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<blockquote data-quote="Annb" data-source="post: 2002256" data-attributes="member: 25851"><p>Dr Xand van Tulleken showed the experiment on a TV documentary about weight loss and mentioned T2. He said that he had no sensation of sweetness when chewing on a dry cracker and that this was a problem for him. But he didn't say what the problem was. Or, if he did, I missed it. I tried the test anyway and found that I developed absolutely no sweet taste, but now, although I understand that it indicates that I don't have the enzyme amylase in my saliva, I don't know what that means in terms of digesting carbs/diabetes. I would have thought that having amylase to break down carbs into sugars early in the process would make you much more likely to have a carb overload and diabetes. That's what I don't understand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Annb, post: 2002256, member: 25851"] Dr Xand van Tulleken showed the experiment on a TV documentary about weight loss and mentioned T2. He said that he had no sensation of sweetness when chewing on a dry cracker and that this was a problem for him. But he didn't say what the problem was. Or, if he did, I missed it. I tried the test anyway and found that I developed absolutely no sweet taste, but now, although I understand that it indicates that I don't have the enzyme amylase in my saliva, I don't know what that means in terms of digesting carbs/diabetes. I would have thought that having amylase to break down carbs into sugars early in the process would make you much more likely to have a carb overload and diabetes. That's what I don't understand. [/QUOTE]
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