A taste for sweet – an anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why you’re programmed to love sugar Posted byStephen Wooding January 5, 2022January 14, 2022 Leave a comment on A taste for sweet – an anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why you’re programmed to love sugar If you ever feel like you can’t stop eating sugar, you are responding precisely as programmed by natural selection. What was once an evolutionary advantage has a different effect today.