As a picky eater it feels weird how our bodies reject certain foods just because they don’t taste good or have a weird texture and not because there’s something wrong with it. It has nutritional value and other humans seem to enjoy it, so why won’t my body accept it? What it we were still cavemen in the wild and we were picky with food like that, that’s a huge survival disadvantage it makes no sense. We can get away with it now that living is easier, but were humans always this way?
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A picky eater is a safe eater. Less likely to try new things and get sick/poisoned.
If you have ample supply of food that your accustomed to and you know is safe to eat. Why on earth would you risk wasting something new, like slimy oysters, that might make you sick or hurt you or even kill you?
This is also why children are MUCH more sensitive to sour and bitter flavors, it’s to keep them from eating random ass plants they find on the ground.
And truly, a picky eater isn’t that big of a survival disadvantage, because when you no longer have an ample supply of food and are starving, picky eating goes out the window. When you’re really hungry those little food turn offs are not nearly as strong. Like if you ever want to get yourself to try a new food, starve yourself before hand, this is anecdotal but I started eating salad as a kid because one time was on a many hours long road trip and was super hungry and the salad was put in front of me.
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