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... , sweetness was a very luxurious sensation. It brought high calories, but also made the brain secrete more hormones, which would soothe negative emotions such as sadness and pain. Hence, some people overeat and drink excessively when they experience heartbreak, primarily to intake sugar.

Without sugar, the primary sources of sweetness were honey and some high-sugar natural crops, such as sugar beet, a crop with a sugar content of up to forty percent and a very important sweet crop.

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