If all humans have taste buds, why do we have some foods we don't like and others that we love?

Question

does the brain process the taste and go, "naw, i dont like that." or "hey! this is good!"?

Answer 1

Hello.I personally agree with Doug to an extent.It could be
anything from our infancy or early development that
"curbed"our diets from anothers so to speak.Thus the
literal question.Is it our taste buds.Thats ridiculous because
our taste buds are on our tongue..and the physical tongue in
"everyone" last I heard is made up of atleast two,three sections
sweet,salty and bitter you put some sugar on the back of
your tongue and you wont taste it. Remember ,your whole tongue is full with these "taste buds",but only the front of the tongue will taste the sweet sugar .Then again If you put some "salt" on the far back of your tongue
"you will taste it"...and you wont it in the front.
As far as taste is concerned .I hadn't liked raw tomatoes for a
long time after awhile I stopped to remember why.I then remembered it was because I bit into a cherry tomato as a child
that had a a live ant crawl out of it.The tomato seemed perfect in every way at the time except for that ant.It unfortunately did
bigot my tastebuds towards tomatoe's especially cherry ones.
It did for awhile but I over came it eventually.

Answer 2

Preferences are learned from childhood based on the taste selections that we are submitted to in meals.
Yes we can try new things throughout life and select or reject others. But mainly it is a cultural selection thing learned in the earlier years.

Answer 3

Everyone's tastebuds are different. They are genetically different, so people will be more attracted towards salty foods or sweet foods as an example. I can't say much more than that! Good luck and i hope i was some help!

Answer 4

i think it's all a matter of our brain.. buds are only saying this is salty ,this is bitter ,this is sour & the point of like & dislike is from a certain center of brain that controls desires & likes..it's like the eye ..u can see a pretty woman but u might not like her although she is pretty or the opposite.

Answer 5

if all humans can feel the same adrenaline rush, why do some like skydiving, and others don't?

taste buds only tell you what it is you're putting in your mouth. you're the one who gets to decide whether you want to chew it and swallow it, or not.

Answer 6

I'm guessing, It's our own opinions/taste. Like, liking different colours or sense of style.

Answer 7

we can all taste the same thing, it doesn't mean we'll all like the same thing. but usually, whatever you like and dislike as a child, it will continue through adulthood

Answer 8

Alot times its because our parents didn't like certain foods so I thinks its because of the way were brought up... :o)

Answer 9

It's called 'personal preference' ☺


Doug