eli5: Why is it that unhealthy foods taste so good(chocolate, soda, candy, fried foods etc.) despite it being bad for us while healthier foods (veggies, whole grain etc.) taste much worse in comparison?

Question

Wouldn’t our bodies recognize which foods that are most beneficial and demand to have more of that?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Not a view universally held. I love lots of the stuff you say tastes “worse”. Frankly, that side of it’s mostly down to experience, exposure and familiarity.