https://www.keto-vegan.com Being Vegan in the Healthiest Way Fri, 31 Aug 2018 12:07:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.10 https://www.keto-vegan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-KetoVegaaniLogo_600x600-32x32.png https://www.keto-vegan.com 32 32 150390799 https://www.keto-vegan.com/articles/there-is-a-new-taste-receptor-in-town-for-starch/ https://www.keto-vegan.com/articles/there-is-a-new-taste-receptor-in-town-for-starch/#respond Fri, 12 Oct 2018 08:06:07 +0000 https://www.keto-vegan.com/?p=257 For a long time, scientists knew and reported about five taste receptors on the human tongue (well, umami was also a fairly recent discovery): Sweet (simple sugars, sweeteners, sweet amino acids) Salt Sour (acids) Bitter Umami, also known as Savory (amino acids and L-glutamate from meat, mushrooms, etc.) These taste receptors are not only for […]

The post There Is a “New” Taste Receptor in Town – for Starch! first appeared on Keto-Vegan.]]> https://www.keto-vegan.com/articles/there-is-a-new-taste-receptor-in-town-for-starch/feed/ 0 257 https://www.keto-vegan.com/articles/what-is-starch-glycogen-cellulose-and-chitin/ https://www.keto-vegan.com/articles/what-is-starch-glycogen-cellulose-and-chitin/#respond Fri, 05 Oct 2018 11:50:37 +0000 https://www.keto-vegan.com/?p=240 Starch, glycogen, cellulose, and chitin are four of the most common substances in nature… and guess what? They are all composed of thousands of glucose molecules bonded together with glycosidic bonds! In other words, they are all polysaccharides (complex carbs) that just use glucose over and over. Think back to kindergarden when you and the […]

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