This is the reason you don't like vegetables

Do you not like Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage or other vegetables and are you sometimes called a poser? American scientists claim that the appetite for vegetables is due to this…

Research from the University of Kentucky shows that genes determine whether some vegetables taste bitter to humans. One may experience a more bitter taste than the other. The research was presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia and is linked to an earlier study showing that a gene causes people to like or dislike vegetables.

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Flavor genes

A person is born with two taste genes. The most common taste gene is the AVI genotype. This gene ensures that you can taste bitterness. People who inherit two types of AVI are not sensitive to bitter tastes. There are also people who have inherited one AVI gene and one PAV gene. They are sensitive to bitter tastes. People with two types of PAV genes are hypersensitive to bitter food and are also called super tasters. People who contain two types of this gene cannot tolerate vegetables like Brussels sprouts.

Tips to make vegetables tastier

To still get vegetables, you can cook the vegetables. This can reduce the bitterness. Your taste buds also become less sensitive as you get older. Did you not like Brussels sprouts as a child? Please try again.

Can't get a piece of green into your children? Perhaps these tips will help:

• Make zucchini or other vegetable spaghetti. With pasta sauce and grated cheese, chances are your child won't notice the difference.
• Make a smoothie together. Let your child choose which vegetables or fruit can go in the smoothie.
• Sweet potato fries. What child doesn't like fries? Replace them with sweet potato. Guaranteed success!
• You can do many things with cauliflower:cauliflower rice, cauliflower puree or a cauliflower pizza base.
• As small as possible. As long as it is not noticeable, a child will put it in his or her mouth faster. A slice of carrot is faster to recognize than small cubes.

Source:hln.be