Intro

Tasty and healthy are often viewed as opposing forces in the culinary world. But taste is an important component of healthy eating, enjoyment and meaning. We can be quite fixed in our ideas of taste - what we like and don’t like. But our sense of taste evolves and adapts. So, can we develop a taste for healthy foods?

But first… why do we need taste?

Survival: Taste is one of the body’s five senses. Its fundamental role is to allow us to get nutrients and survive. Tasting is a nutrient-sensing system that samples the chemical makeup of foods and beverages for nutrient content, palatability and potential toxicity.

Appetite Regulation: Taste also guides our appetites and triggers physiological processes for absorbing nutrients and adjusting metabolism.