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From: dsmith@HPLABSC (David Smith)
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Subject: Spinoffs from space
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Date: Thu, 12-Dec-85 11:52:50 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 12 11:52:50 1985
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The Monday, 12/9 INN news had a story about left handed sugars, and how
they might revolutionize the diet/junk food industry.  The story started
off with an animation of Viking landing on Mars.  It seems that the left
handed sugars were developed for the life detection system, in case the
Martian biochemistry was left handed.  Left handed sugar cost $30,000
per pound then.  The company which supplied the stuff has continued to
work on the process, and has the cost down to $1 per pound.  Now they
have to do a lot of testing to satisfy the FDA before it starts going
into food.

(What I don't understand is how left handed sugar can taste sweet, if
the body can't metabolize it.)

			David Smith
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