> imagine if some kind of yeast/virus affects humans to eat so much sugar
I think the gut microbiome can indeed do this.
The episode called "Swap Out Sugar" of the BBC podcast Just One Thing explains more - the relevant section is from after 7 minutes to before 12 minutes into the episode:
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> imagine if some kind of yeast/virus affects humans to eat so much sugar
I think the gut microbiome can indeed do this.
The episode called "Swap Out Sugar" of the BBC podcast Just One Thing explains more - the relevant section is from after 7 minutes to before 12 minutes into the episode:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09by3yy/episodes/downloads?page=3