# “ Sweet taste, not just calories, dictates metabolic response”
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sweet-taste-not-just-calories-dictates-metabolic-response/9406
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**Created:** [March 4, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sweet-taste-not-just-calories-dictates-metabolic-response/9406 "2020-03-04T21:17:51Z")
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### Author:  [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sweet-taste-not-just-calories-dictates-metabolic-response/9406/1 "2020-03-04T21:17:51Z")
> **[Sweet taste, not just calories, dictates metabolic response](https://news.yale.edu/2017/08/10/sweet-taste-not-just-calories-dictates-metabolic-response)**
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> When sweet taste and calories don't align, the body's metabolism can be fooled — which may explain the link between artificial sweeteners and diabetes.
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sweet-taste-not-just-calories-dictates-metabolic-response/9406/2 "2020-03-05T00:04:31Z")
Thanks for sharing!
There is something similar that has to do with an experiment where they had athletes swish a sweetened drink in their mouth and spit it out. The theory was that the body would respond to the sweet taste and interpret it as carbs/fuel.
Here is the study. The author is Asker Jeukendrup, who I hope by now is on the top of everyone’s list as the premier expert resource for endurance sports.
> **[Oral Carbohydrate Rinse: Placebo or Beneficial? : Current Sports Medicine...](https://journals.lww.com/acsm-csmr/Fulltext/2013/07000/Oral_Carbohydrate_Rinse___Placebo_or_Beneficial_.7.aspx)**
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> ve even shown effects of oral carbohydrate mouth rinses compared to placebo with improvements typically between 2% and 3% during exercise lasting approximately 1 h. The effects appear more profound after an overnight fast, but effects are still...