Where Does a Sweet Tooth Start? Unraveling the Roots of Sugar Cravings
                                
                                
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                                Newborns instinctively favor sweet tastes, reacting with contentment to the sugars found in breast milk. But where does a sweet tooth start, and how much of our lifelong craving for sugary foods is biological versus a learned habit? The answer involves a fascinating interplay between our ancient survival instincts and the modern world.