Tongue chemoreceptors {sweet receptor} detect non-ionic organic compounds, mostly sugars. Sweet-receptors couple to G-proteins, and second messengers close potassium channels. Newborns can taste sweet and like it. Perhaps, sweet receptors evolved to detect sugar nutrients.
Asclepiad, similar to milkweed, inhibits tasting sweet. African miraculous berry makes everything taste sweet. Artificial sweeteners mimic sugar molecules.
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