How to Acquire the Taste for Foods You Do Not Like

A problem with eating healthy is that sometimes you run in to a food that you do not like to eat that has health benefits you need. For example, I recently included raw walnuts in to my diet because they are a rich source of unsaturated fat and omega-3 fatty acids. I was barely able to eat any because the flavour was unsatisfactory to me. But, after following a simple method, in no more than 2 weeks I am able to eat as many as I feel like straight from the packet.

The first thing you need to do is find a food that you like to eat that is similar to the food you do not like to eat, I had raw walnuts and raw almonds. Start out eating the food you like to eat and then slowly start adding the food you do not like to eat to your mouth. At first, I was eating about 1 walnut every 4 or 5 almonds. This should keep a strong flavour of the food you like in your mouth, but allowing you to eat the food you do not like.

When you are ready, start to increase the amount of the food you do not like. Your taste buds should acquire the taste of this food and over time you will be able to eat it without eating the other food at the same time. Not long after using this method I found that I was able to eat a few walnuts for every almond, and not long after that I am at where I am now, being able to eat walnuts alone.

The benefits of doing this is that you can increase the variety in your diet to include foods you've always thought you could not eat. Many people I've talked to are missing out on certain healthy foods because they do not like the flavour. When I share what I include in my diet they often find that they would not eat some of the stuff I eat. A good example is soy milk. A lot of people do not like soy milk because they've either never tried it or they have tried it once and hated it. When I first tried to drink soy milk it was horrible and left me with a weird taste in my mouth. After drinking it a few times and adding it to my cereal I am able to drink it with no problems at all. A lot of people just accept that they do not like some foods and then never eat them again and never gain the benefits of those foods. But for most foods, you can easily teach yourself to like the taste.