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Artifical Sweetners
The article talks about how artificial sweeteners are not as healthy as we think. As presented by Hoffman, he found out that artificial sweeteners can alter the expression of certain genes responsible for lipid metabolism in cells. What was surprising is that those changes did not occur in the presence of natural sugars like glucose and fructose. This shows that artificial sweeteners could contribute to metabolic disorders such as diabetes and obesity.
The demand for artificial sweeteners decreased since there was a change in the consumer’s expectations.
Self Driving Cars
This article talks about how people nowadays prefer to take a bus, an uber, or a bike to work instead of driving themselves. Limebike is a company that has teamed up with 33 cities to bring bikes to cities to cut down traffic. Also lightweight electric scooters and skateboards are a growing as a trend because they are very accessible.
The demand for self driving transportation increase since it is easier for the consumer to move from place to place. There was a change in consumer’s preferences.