Bitter foods SHOULD taste terrible...here's why they don't

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If disliking bitter foods evolved to keep us alive, why do we LOVE some bitter foods?

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘆-𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘆:
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-Wang X, Thomas SD, Zhang J. Relaxation of selective constraint and loss of function in the evolution of human bitter taste receptor genes. Hum Mol Genet. 2004 Nov 1;13(21):2671-8. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddh289. https://academic.oup.com/hmg/article/...
-Wooding S. Signatures of natural selection in a primate bitter taste receptor. J Mol Evol. 2011 Dec;73(5-6):257-65. doi: 10.1007/s00239-011-9481-0. https://link.springer.com/article/10....
-Ustun B, Reissland N, Covey J, Schaal B, Blissett J. Flavor Sensing in Utero and Emerging Discriminative Behaviors in the Human Fetus. Psychol Sci. 2022 Oct;33(10):1651-1663. doi: 10.1177/09567976221105460. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1...
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𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 (𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲) 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀:
-https://slate.com/technology/2015/01/...
-https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/t-...
-https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/conte...

𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿-𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰:
-Dr. Stephen Wooding, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Heritage Studies at the University of California Merced

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