"Recognize how hidden sugars exploit your taste system Food manufacturers deliberately hide sugars — including artificial sweeteners — inside salty or savory products to bypass the brain's natural satiety signals for sweetness. Huberman explains that when you can't perceive a food's true sweetness, your brain releases more dopamine and makes you crave more of it, whereas "had you been able to perceive the true sweetness of that food, you might have consumed less." Knowing this means you can treat any ultra-processed product with a salty-sweet taste profile as a red flag designed to override your self-regulation. Source: Andrew Huberman, Huberman Lab, The Science of Salt, Sodium & Health"