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Why do unhealthy foods taste better than healthy foods?

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Healthy, whole foods are delicious to healthy, unadulterated taste buds. The thing is, healthy taste buds are very rare in our society. Here's why. Junk food and processed food is literally engineered to be addictive. read more

Many processed foods also contain salty ingredients, such as plain old table salt, or hydrogenated fats that improve the mouth feel of food. After years of eating foods with these processed ingredients our taste buds become conditioned to the intensity of the taste, and by comparison, healthy foods may not seem to have as much flavor. read more

Healthy eating is easy for me. I like the taste of veggies, and after just a few fattening meals of meat and fried foods I get a nauseous feeling at the idea of having more without a break. This disposition seems to be at least partially genetic, having to do with everything from metabolism to taste buds. read more

15 Health Foods That Taste Better Than Junk Foods Written by Adda Bjarnadottir, MS on June 30, 2015 Some people believe that healthy foods are tasteless and boring. read more

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