Adapting Our Taste Buds
A recent news article in The Exponent Telegram explained why some people don't enjoy whole foods and only have a taste for foods high in salt or sugar. According to their interviewee, West Virginia University Extension Agent Gina Wood, our taste buds adapt to our diet. If you are used to eating sweet, salty, and fatty foods since childhood, you'll lose your ability to enjoy foods lacking these qualities (1). Between marketing of processed foods; addictive qualities such as hi