Fruits and vegetables are essential ingredients for a balanced and healthy diet, and despite that, some people hate eating some vegetables. An American study revealed that your genes may be responsible for your love of unpleasant or unpalatable vegetables. So how?

Whether cooked, grilled or fresh, vegetables are one of the healthiest dishes globally, and whether you want to get healthy food or want to reduce your weight, vegetables are a key ingredient in all dishes served by nutritionists around the world.

However, some people - despite knowing the benefits of healthy vegetables - are trying to avoid them on their menu, while others declare frankly that they do not like their taste or at least some of its types.

And a recent American study confirmed that certain genes present in our body may or may not be the reason we love these foods. According to the German magazine Focus, which was published about the study, the inherited gene affects our taste of some foods, which leads to a feeling of very bitter taste, which may lead to us being away from certain vegetables.

Changing taste genes
According to the study supervised by the University of Kentucky, we inherit variable genes for taste, as all humans inherit the TAS2R38 taste gene (TAS2R38), but there are two different types of this gene. The researchers called the first type "IVI". (AVI) and on the second "PAV".

Those who own the altered gene - AVI - are not allergic to the bitter taste of some chemicals, and those who have the second type of genes - PEV - find foods very often, as this gene affects the cells that taste in the tongue. It leads to a feeling of bitterness in certain types of food.

The foregoing may explain why some of us find it difficult to eat enough vegetables, or why some people are alienated from certain other foods, especially the fruits and vegetables that have been tested on them.

spices
The researchers studied 175 people, and found that those with two copies of the genetic variant (BV) of bitter taste, they eat only small amounts of vegetables.

The study advised to try to overcome bitter foods through the use of food delicacies or spices, stressing the importance of eating vegetables as they contain many essential nutrients that the body cannot produce alone.

Experts stress the need to follow a healthy and balanced diet to enjoy a long and healthy life. Reliance on healthy foods - according to nutrition experts - reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, dementia and rheumatism.

However, the German Life Club website - which is concerned with proper nutrition - affirmed, for its part, that fruits and vegetables, especially sweet ones, should not constitute more than 20% of our food list, because sweet foods contain fructose, which turns into sugar in the body and thus To additional kilos.