Can Your Muscles “Taste” Sugar? | Breaking Muscle

Muscles of the upper back

 

Sugar has a wide range of effects on the human body. It appeals to your taste buds, floods your brain with feel-good chemicals, and provides you with a rush of energy. Your body is designed to respond to sugar by releasing insulin from the pancreas. In fact, the pancreas can actually sense when your sugar levels are rising and produce insulin to help sugar enter your body’s cells. According to a new study from the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute, your muscles can also sense when you’re eating sugar.

Source: Can Your Muscles “Taste” Sugar? | Breaking Muscle

Coolest article ever. Your muscles can sense sugar.

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