I hate peanut butter but I wish I liked it. I everyone is re a peanut butter and jam (jelly for the Americans) I want one so bad but I hate the flavour peanut butter. It’s the same with eggs I wished I liked eggs but I can’t stand them. So does anyone know why the body does not like certain foods?
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There’s not a lot of actual empirical data around it, but evolutionary biologists suspect that it’s tied to our ongoing survival. Basically our tastes that keep us alive become genetically codified as “safe foods” so we are more inclined to like them and eat more of them. It’s a theory based around the guess for how certain animals become driven to eat certain types of diets and know that it’s safe for them to do so without the capability of language to explain so, or how do they end up avoiding eating poisonous stuff even if it’s in their diet category. People who grow up in communities not exposed to those flavors aren’t going to have that codification yet, so while they might learn to like them with familiarity, it’s just not their default setting.
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