SPOILER ALERT!
Napoleon's Buttons: Chapter 3 - Glucose
... in which we learn:
-how sugar influenced the salve trade and the industrial revolution;
-about the different types of sugar molecules and what they look like;
-why certain people are lactose intolerant;
-the effect of glucose on the brain;
-about the relationship between the chemical structure of a molecule and its sweetness;
-about artificial sweetners and why they are perceived as sweet.


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