Researchers at the University of Adelaide have discovered that the way the gut “tastes” sweet food may be defective in sufferers of type 2 diabetes, leading to problems with glucose uptake. This is the first time that abnormal control of so-called “sweet taste receptors” in the human intestine has been described by researchers. The work could have implications for a range of health and nutrition problems experienced by diabetes patients.
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