My Twitter ****** | Instagram ****** Subscribe to BrainCraft! ****** Why Do We Love Sugar: ****** Can You be Addicted to Sugar? ****** BrainCraft is created and hosted by Vanessa Hill and brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do. Sound design: Joel Werner (****** Producer: Ella Colley Keep in touch, won't you? Snapchat: nessyhill Twitter ****** Instagram ****** Tumblr ****** Facebook ****** REFERENCES The NCES The Inventor of Saccharin. Scientific American, 1886 ****** Schramm, D. D., Karim, M., Schrader, H. R., Holt, R. R., Cardetti, M., & Keen, C. L. (2003). Honey with high levels of antioxidants can provide protection to healthy human subjects. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 51(6), 1732-1735. ****** Rizkalla, S. W. (2010). Health implications of fructose consumption: A review of recent data. Nutr Metab (Lond), 7(82), 911-22. ****** Yang, Q. (2010). Gain weight by “going diet?” Artificial sweeteners and the neurobiology of sugar cravings: Neuroscience 2010. The Yale journal of biology and medicine, 83(2), 101. ****** And a good fact Sheet on sugar and sweeteners: ****** IMAGES Agave plant via Stan Shebs, ******