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Originally Posted by jamesbiz  Is it really a condition if 1/4 of the population has the same thing ( if not worse)? |
I had never heard of anyone gagging on veggies, with the exception of a few rare people who have isolated food allergies.
It is not true 50% or 25% of the population have this problem.
A "supertaster" is not someone who automatically rejects vegetables. People who are supposedly supertasters often end up as chefs or somalias, able to eat a wide variety of foods and able to distinguish taste more accurately. Also keep in mind a good % of what you call "taste" is done through your olfactory system (smell).
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I eat VERY healthy, and right now most of the food I eat is organic, raw, or natural. I don't eat any processed sugar either. Almost no unnatural foods. It's not a period. It's my whole life. A lot of food is unappealing to a lot of people, but we aren't talking about unappealing. Think of a food that you'd NEVER eat, because it's just absolutely disgusting to you. The taste, the smell, and even the sight. Now go eat that.
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How can you eat very healthy with no fiber in the diet? How do you get antioxidants? What about the other healthful nutrients found in food? How do you get healthy fats without it all being the yucky saturated-fat kind?
I also don't get the analogy. Vegetables aren't all one flavor, texture, or type. And they can be cooked, steamed,raw, fried, grilled, marinated, or mixed with other things. There are many different species of plant that give us vegetables. Some of the things we call vegetables (eg. tomatoes) are actually fruit.
It is true what they say about "acquired taste". If you grew up with no veggies in your diet then it's logical they taste foreign to you. And if you have it in your head people shouldn't eat them, of course you'll continue to reject them.