Cockroaches Evolved a Distaste for Sugar, Why Can’t I?

As much sugar as people consume each day in sodas and processed foods would have to change if we could evolve a dislike for sugar like cockroaches have. Food manufacturers and producers would be forced to do a major revamp. Of course roaches evolved their distaste for sugar as a survival skill and surviving is something they are very, very good at. Apparently in the 80’s pest control companies mixed glucose and insecticide to kill roaches but by 1993 the bait was no longer working. The roaches had evolved an aversion to this kind of sugar and passed it on to their descendants. This all happened over the course of a decade. Pest control companies could change to their deadly mix by substituting fructose (high fructose corn syrup, anyone?) for glucose but the roaches would most likely evolve a distaste for that too. Back to my problem with sugar, I’ve put on quite a few pounds over the course of a decade and my taste for sweets hasn't faded one bit. With the rise of diabetes (both types) and obesity a little distaste for sugar might be a good thing for one such as me. It has been said that the lowly cockroach will probably be around long after humans have sent themselves into extinction, never the less, I still hate cockroaches and love me some sugar.