You Like to Add Sugar to Your Coffee

Multiple Choice

You like to add sugar to your coffee. Why would you need 1 teaspoon of table sugar to make it as sweet as only 1/8 of a teaspoon of an artificial sweetener?

A) Artificial sweeteners have a greater affinity for the receptor that detects sweetness relative to table sugar.
B) Artificial sweeteners expand in the body once they encounter certain enzymes.
C) Artificial sweeteners bind to a wider variety of receptors that detect sweetness, whereas table sugar only binds to one.