Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!ncar!boulder!sunybcs!bingvaxu!vu0112 From: vu0112@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: Glucose Digestion Message-ID: <1290@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> Date: 29 Jun 88 03:01:24 GMT References: <5193@super.upenn.edu> Reply-To: vu0112@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn) Distribution: na Organization: SUNY Binghamton, NY Lines: 15 In article <5193@super.upenn.edu> li@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Siufai Li) writes: >I have been told that humans can only digest R-glucose, but not L-glucose. >But that both taste as sweet. Therefore to get really rich, find a cheap >way to make L-glucose. Can anyone in netland confirm/deny this rumor? Confirmed, just as you said: biologically inert except for the nerve endings. In fact, it's patented. In fact, my mother owns stock in the company holding the patent. We're all crossing our fingers. The problem is the "cheap" part. Not yet. -- O----------------------------------------------------------------------> | Cliff Joslyn, Cybernetician at Large | Systems Science, SUNY Binghamton, vu0112@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu V All the world is biscuit shaped. . .