Learn why some people dislike salads and how to overcome it to improve health.
Do you hate salad? It’s OK if you do, there are plenty of foods in the world, and lots of different ways to prepare them. But given almost all of us don’t eat enough vegetables, even though most of us (81%) know eating more vegetables is a simple way to improve our health, you might want to try. If this idea makes you miserable, fear not, with time and a little effort you can make friends with salad.
Read more: Feeling bloated, hungry or bored after salad? These tips might help Why don’t I like salads? It’s an unfortunate quirk of evolution that vegetables are so good for us but they aren’t all immediately tasty to all of us. We have evolved to enjoy the sweet or umami (savoury) taste of higher energy foods, because starvation is a more immediate risk than long-term health. Vegetables aren’t particularly high energy but they are jam-packed with dietary fibre, vitamins and minerals, and health-promoting compounds called bioactives. Those bioactives are part of the reason vegetables taste bitte
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