The Science of Your Favorite Foods
Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
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How Do We Choose What We Eat?
Humans only ate what they could find on the land. Our ancestors had no packaging to go by, telling them what's healthy and what's not. Part of what taste does is it's a kind of evolutionary trick that leads animals to find those things that tend to be rare in the environment. It also warns us away from what we shouldn't eat.
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