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It should also be noted that taste is subjective, while healthfulness is not[[note]]though it is subject to a certain degree of individual variation[[/note]]. So if a person doesn't like something, they don't like it, and arguing with them is [[IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam unlikely]] to change that. "It's good for you" is much easier to demonstrate.
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It should also be noted that taste is subjective, while healthfulness is not[[note]]though it is subject to a certain degree of individual variation[[/note]].variation and [[ScienceMarchesOn continual research on the topic]][[/note]]. So if a person doesn't like something, they don't like it, and arguing with them is [[IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam unlikely]] to change that. "It's good for you" is much easier to demonstrate.
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Furthermore, this same genetic hard-coding also explains why children in particular hate vegetables: we're sensitive to, and dislike, bitterness because a lot of things in nature which are bitter are also toxic; having an aversion to bitterness was a survival mechanism. As we age and our taste buds dull, bitterness bothers us less, so we come to appreciate things like coffee, tea and vegetables.
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Sometimes, though, people are simply wrong. For example, cod liver oil is incredibly foul and really ''not'' all that good for you. (It is, in fact, somewhat toxic if you eat too much.) You can get the vitamins in it without having to choke down the traditional liquid form. However, the idea that anything that bad must be good for you is, for some people, really potent, meaning utter crap (like some herbal 'medicine') can endure long after we've either discovered an easier way of doing the same thing, or found that it wasn't worth doing in the first place.
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Sometimes, though, people are simply wrong. For example, cod liver oil is incredibly foul and really ''not'' all that good for you. (It is, in fact, somewhat toxic if you eat too much.) You can get the vitamins in it without having to choke down the traditional liquid form. However, the idea that anything that bad must be good for you is, for some people, really potent, meaning utter crap (like some [[AllNaturalSnakeOil herbal 'medicine') "medicine"]]) can endure long after we've either discovered an easier way of doing the same thing, or found that it wasn't worth doing in the first place.
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Sometimes, though, people are simply wrong. For example, cod liver oil is incredibly foul and really ''not'' all that good for you. (It is, in fact, somewhat toxic if you eat too much.) You can get the vitamins in it without having to choke down the traditional liquid form. However, the idea that anything that bad must be good for you is, for some people, really potent, meaning utter crap (like some herbal 'medicine') can endure long after we've either discovered an easier way of doing the same thing, or found that it wasn't worth doing in the first place.
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Sometimes, though, people are simply wrong. For example, cod liver oil is incredibly foul and really ''not'' all that good for you. (It is, in fact, somewhat toxic if you eat too much.) You can get the vitamins in it without having to choke down the traditional liquid form. However, the idea that anything that bad must be good for you is, for some people, really potent, meaning utter crap (like some herbal 'medicine') can endure long after we've either discovered an easier way of doing the same thing, or found that it wasn't worth doing in the first place.place.
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It should also be noted that taste is subjective, while healthfulness is not[[hottip:*:though it is subject to a certain degree of individual variation]]. So if a person doesn't like something, they don't like it, and arguing with them is [[IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam unlikely]] to change that. "It's good for you" is much easier to demonstrate.
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It should also be noted that taste is subjective, while healthfulness is not[[hottip:*:though not[[note]]though it is subject to a certain degree of individual variation]].variation[[/note]]. So if a person doesn't like something, they don't like it, and arguing with them is [[IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam unlikely]] to change that. "It's good for you" is much easier to demonstrate.
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[[WMG: Ginseng]]
Ginseng was historically used as a panacea (in fact, the word "panacea" comes from ''panax'', Latin for ginseng); modern pharmacology is in the process of figuring out how much of this is true, but ask any cosmonaut if you'd like to know in advance what they're going to find.
But, ginseng root (the pharmacologically active part) is incredibly bitter. Thus the trope of bitter and disagreeable medicine; and perhaps, by extension, the general sense that if it tastes as bad as ginseng, it must be as healthy. You'll note that the taste characteristic of this trope is not rottenness or foulness.
Ginseng was historically used as a panacea (in fact, the word "panacea" comes from ''panax'', Latin for ginseng); modern pharmacology is in the process of figuring out how much of this is true, but ask any cosmonaut if you'd like to know in advance what they're going to find.
But, ginseng root (the pharmacologically active part) is incredibly bitter. Thus the trope of bitter and disagreeable medicine; and perhaps, by extension, the general sense that if it tastes as bad as ginseng, it must be as healthy. You'll note that the taste characteristic of this trope is not rottenness or foulness.
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[[WMG: Ginseng]]
Ginseng was historically used as a panacea (in fact, the word "panacea" comes from ''panax'', Latin for ginseng); modern pharmacology is in the process of figuring out how much of this is true, but ask any cosmonaut if you'd like to know in advance what they're going to find.
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Sometimes, though, people are simply wrong. For example, cod liver oil is incrediblybitter. Thus the trope of bitter foul and disagreeable medicine; and perhaps, by extension, the general sense really ''not'' all that good for you. (It is, in fact, somewhat toxic if you eat too much.) You can get the vitamins in it tastes as without having to choke down the traditional liquid form. However, the idea that anything that bad as ginseng, it must be as healthy. You'll note good for you is, for some people, really potent, meaning utter crap (like some herbal 'medicine') can endure long after we've either discovered an easier way of doing the same thing, or found that it wasn't worth doing in the taste characteristic of this trope is not rottenness or foulness.first place.
Ginseng was historically used as a panacea (in fact, the word "panacea" comes from ''panax'', Latin for ginseng); modern pharmacology is in the process of figuring out how much of this is true, but ask any cosmonaut if you'd like to know in advance what they're going to find.
But, ginseng root (the pharmacologically active part)
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Ginseng was historically used as a panacea (in fact, the word "panacea" comes from ''panax'', Latin for ginseng); modern pharmacology is in the process of figuring out how much of this is true, but ask any cosmonaut if you'd like to know in advance what they're going to find. The trouble is, ginseng root (the pharmacologically active part) is incredibly bitter. Thus the trope of bitter and disagreeable medicine; and perhaps, by extension, the general sense that if it tastes as bad as ginseng, it must be as healthy. You'll note that this trope doesn't apply to things that taste rotten or foul.
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Ginseng was historically used as a panacea (in fact, the word "panacea" comes from ''panax'', Latin for ginseng); modern pharmacology is in the process of figuring out how much of this is true, but ask any cosmonaut if you'd like to know in advance what they're going to find. The trouble is, find.
But, ginseng root (the pharmacologically active part) is incredibly bitter. Thus the trope of bitter and disagreeable medicine; and perhaps, by extension, the general sense that if it tastes as bad as ginseng, it must be as healthy. You'll note that the taste characteristic of this tropedoesn't apply to things that taste rotten is not rottenness or foul.foulness.
But, ginseng root (the pharmacologically active part) is incredibly bitter. Thus the trope of bitter and disagreeable medicine; and perhaps, by extension, the general sense that if it tastes as bad as ginseng, it must be as healthy. You'll note that the taste characteristic of this trope
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[[WMG: Ginseng]]
Ginseng was historically used as a panacea (in fact, the word "panacea" comes from ''panax'', Latin for ginseng); modern pharmacology is in the process of figuring out how much of this is true, but ask any cosmonaut if you'd like to know in advance what they're going to find. The trouble is, ginseng root (the pharmacologically active part) is incredibly bitter. Thus the trope of bitter and disagreeable medicine; and perhaps, by extension, the general sense that if it tastes as bad as ginseng, it must be as healthy. You'll note that this trope doesn't apply to things that taste rotten or foul.
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It should also be noted that taste is subjective, while healthfulness is not[[hottip:*:though it is subject to a certain degree of individual variation]]. So if a person doesn't like something, they don't like it, and arguing with them is [[IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam unlikely]] to change that. "It's good for you" is much easier to demonstrate.
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It should also be noted that taste is subjective, while healthfulness is not[[hottip:*:though it is subject to a certain degree of individual variation]]. So if a person doesn't like something, they don't like it, and arguing with them is [[IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam unlikely]] to change that. "It's good for you" is much easier to demonstrate.demonstrate.
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There is actually a scientific reason that "healthy" foods are less flavorful in general. Back during our hunter-gatherer days, food was much more scarce than it is today, and so food that was high in fat and sugar (and thus loaded with energy) would be more sought out and thus more pleasing to the taste buds. Salt has been prized for centuries (remember the Bible quote "you are the salt of the earth"?), as it can be used to cure and preserve meat for long journeys, not to mention its role as an important electrolyte. Unfortunately, like the appendix, this taste for sweet and fatty foods still lives on in our genetic structure. Couple that with our less active lifestyle brought on by technological advances in agriculture, we end up consuming more energy and burning less. Thus, foods lower in fat, salt, sugar and calories are dubbed more "healthy" than our more decadent choices.
[[WMG: Evolution]]
There is actually a scientific reason that "healthy" foods are less flavorful in general. Back during our hunter-gatherer days, food was much more scarce than it is today, and so food that was high in fat and sugar (and thus loaded with energy) would be more sought out and thus more pleasing to the taste buds. Salt has been prized for centuries (remember the Bible quote "you are the salt of the earth"?), as it can be used to cure and preserve meat for long journeys, not to mention its role as an important electrolyte. Unfortunately, like the appendix, this taste for sweet and fatty foods still lives on in our genetic structure. Couple that with our less active lifestyle brought on by technological advances in agriculture, we end up consuming more energy and burning less. Thus, foods lower in fat, salt, sugar and calories are dubbed more "healthy" than our more decadent choices.
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If something is in the lower left quadrant, you won't want to eat it and no one will want you to eat it. If something is on the right side, you'll want to eat it whether or not someone else wants you to eat it, so no one is going to come out with the "it's good for you" justification/exhortation. Only in the upper let section -- yucky but healthy -- are you likely to hear that. So it makes perfect sense that if it tastes bad, and a parent (say) wants you to eat it, it's good for you.
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If something is in the lower left quadrant, you won't want to eat it and no one will want you to eat it. If something is on the right side, you'll want to eat it whether or not someone else wants you to eat it, so no one is going to come out with the "it's good for you" justification/exhortation. Only in the upper let left section -- yucky but healthy -- are you likely to hear that. So it makes perfect sense that if it tastes bad, and a parent (say) wants you to eat it, it's good for you.
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If something is in the lower left quadrant, you won't want to eat it and no one will want you to eat it. If something is on the right side, you'll want to eat it whether or not someone else wants you to eat it, so no one is going to come out with the "it's good for you" justification/exhortation. Only in the upper let section -- yucky but healthy -- are you likely to hear that. So it makes perfect sense that if it tastes bad, and a parent (say) wants you to eat it, it's good for you.
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If something is in the lower left quadrant, you won't want to eat it and no one will want you to eat it. If something is on the right side, you'll want to eat it whether or not someone else wants you to eat it, so no one is going to come out with the "it's good for you" justification/exhortation. Only in the upper let section -- yucky but healthy -- are you likely to hear that. So it makes perfect sense that if it tastes bad, and a parent (say) wants you to eat it, it's good for you.you.
It should also be noted that taste is subjective, while healthfulness is not[[hottip:*:though it is subject to a certain degree of individual variation]]. So if a person doesn't like something, they don't like it, and arguing with them is [[IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam unlikely]] to change that. "It's good for you" is much easier to demonstrate.
It should also be noted that taste is subjective, while healthfulness is not[[hottip:*:though it is subject to a certain degree of individual variation]]. So if a person doesn't like something, they don't like it, and arguing with them is [[IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam unlikely]] to change that. "It's good for you" is much easier to demonstrate.
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If something is in the lower left quadrant, you won't want to eat it and no one will want you to eat it. If something is in the top half, you'll want to eat it whether or not someone else wants you to eat it, so no one is going to come out with the "it's good for you" justification/exhortation. Only in the upper right section -- yucky but healthy -- are you likely to hear that. So it makes perect sense that if it tastes bad, and a parent (say) wants you to eat it, it's good for you.
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If something is in the lower left quadrant, you won't want to eat it and no one will want you to eat it. If something is in on the top half, right side, you'll want to eat it whether or not someone else wants you to eat it, so no one is going to come out with the "it's good for you" justification/exhortation. Only in the upper right let section -- yucky but healthy -- are you likely to hear that. So it makes perect perfect sense that if it tastes bad, and a parent (say) wants you to eat it, it's good for you.
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