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Watch Quiz - Sugar Explained
Watch the first episode of the third season of Explained on Netflix (
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) about Sugar in English with English subtitles and answer the questions below:
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What criteria do we measure when assessing artificial sweeteners?
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insulin production
taste of sweetness
grade of satisfaction
calorie intake
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Which artificial sweetener was discovered/invented when?
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19th century (1878)
1930s
1960s (1965)
1970s (1976)
21st century (marketed)
allulose
aspartame
cyclamate
saccharin
sucralose
19th century (1878)
1930s
1960s (1965)
1970s (1976)
21st century (marketed)
allulose
aspartame
cyclamate
saccharin
sucralose
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About saccharin: Why did canners use them?
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About the first three artificial sweeteners: they were discovered in a similar funny way. Do you remember how?
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In 1976, a scientist misheard an instruction and drank the solution in his hand. He heard: Taste it, but what was the original request?
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Why was saccharin-producers obliged to inform their consumers about possible health risks?
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What happens if you eat three teaspoons of sugar vs an apple?
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The apple contains more calories than the three teaspoons of sugar, so it's unhealthy.
The sugar contained in the apple comes with other benefits, such as fibers, water, vitamins.
The body reacts to an apple in exactly the same way as to pure sugar.
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Insulin is responsible for:
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type 2 diabetes
fat-making
craving for more sugar
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Why do food-producers put too much sugar into their 'low-fat' or 'heart-friendly' products?
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Which sweetener did the original Diet Coke use in the 70s?
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saccharin
aspartame
stevia
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True or false: Artificial sweeteners help people lose weight.
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True
False
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Can you list some of the 'nicknames' for sugar?
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What does the 'temporal sweetness profile' reveal about sugar and sweeteners?
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The amount of molecules that reach our taste buds.
The amount of satisfaction their consumption triggers in the brain.
The time their taste stimulate the taste buds with their sweetness.
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Where can you find allulose in nature?
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In the documentary, the sense of satisfaction caused by sugar-intake is compared to...
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laughing
sex
addictive drug use
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What does the brand name Doux Matok mean?
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Sweet Sweet or Double Sweet
Incredibly Sweet, so the product was named 'Incredo'
No-calorie Sweet
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What do you know about Incredo?
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It was nominated for the 'Best Invention in 2021'.
Its flaw is that it's ruined by water.
It has 0 calories.
It uses silicon as 'carrier'.
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Check the correct sentences:
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Honey is not perceived as sugar by the body.
Brown sugar has much more nutrients than white sugar.
Raw sugar isn't raw.
Artificial sweeteners seem to alterate the bacteria in guts.
Sugar-consumption is bad.
Sugar is NOT addictive.
Do you agree with the final statement? YOU WILL NEVER STICK TO A DIET THAT MAKES YOU MISERABLE.
Yes
No
Maybe
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