Why do unhealthy foods like junk foods taste delicious and addicting while healthy foods like vegetables dont?

Question

Why do unhealthy foods like junk foods taste delicious and addicting while healthy foods like vegetables dont?

In: Biology

Answer 1

It’s worth noting that addictive foods are defined by wanting to eat more than a healthy amount, so even if “healthy” foods were addictive, they would be unhealthy at those levels.

Also, it’s because we engineered junk foods to be maximally delicious, not maximally healthy, so health concerns took a back seat when we designed them.