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Whenever I ask Aspen if he want’s something for dinner that he doesn’t, he firmly says “No” (refusing to tell me what he actually does want). When I say how about some chicken? (keep in mind, he has no problem eating chicken nuggets if they’re in the shape of a dinosaur and breaded, or wolfing down a Happy Meal) he snaps back that he doesn’t like chicken anymore and his “taste buds have changed”. Until of course we drive past another McDonalds.
So here I am at 28 years of age, with actually no doubt in my mind that my taste buds HAVE changed. I’m not sure what it is, but the past few weeks I can’t bring myself to microwave another bag of cauliflower rice, crunch on my favorite salt and vinegar seaweed, or (and here’s the best one yet) drink a cup of coffee.
So here I am at 6am typing into Google why I hate my favorite foods. Of course the obvious come up: pregnancy (a certain NO), I kept scrolling and then Googled Food Aversions. The best-known reason we become averse to certain foods is them making us sick which isn’t a conscious thing. Our brains do it to protect us from further poisoning but here’s the interesting thing: they can get it wrong. So for example if I eat cod with seaweed and there was bacteria in the cod-it’s easy for my brain to confuse the two and choose seaweed as a new nausea trigger.
The good news is that in time, these aversions can be reversed, especially if the culprit is something you’ve eaten many times before with no bad side effects. But for now? I’ll be laying off the cauliflower!
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