When I learnt NOT to lick my fingers
Whenever you work in a science lab, you are taught never to eat or drink anything. And there is good 
reason for this: During medical school I had weekly human dissection lessons. I once licked my fingers straight after one of these sessions… never would I do that again!
Oddly, artificial sweeteners, the subject of today’s blog, were all pretty much discovered by such accidents; careless scientists licking their fingers and realising the chemical they working with
tasted sweet. Today we will be looking at these man-made chemicals that trick our taste-buds: why bother? Can they really help you lose weight? Will they kill you?
