Vegetables and Beer, What Can We Learn?

My last post was an attempt to con­vince those of you who “don’t like veg­eta­bles” that there may be some that you do like or might enjoy. 

Hon­estly, I really believe that this is the case for most peo­ple.  Just loosen up a lit­tle, get out there and try some new things.  You can do it.

But I know that some of you are think­ing, “No, really, I don’t like veg­eta­bles!”  This post is for you.

You would know bet­ter than me about your taste for veg­gies, but let me sug­gest that you can learn to like them.

You would know bet­ter than me about your taste for veg­gies, but let me sug­gest that you can LEARN to like them.  Check it out for your­self.

Per­form an inter­net search on “learn­ing to like new foods” and see what comes up.  You’ll find all kinds of advice.

My sug­ges­tion is a sim­ple one — just keep eat­ing the things you know are good for you but may not be the most enjoy­able.

If you per­sist you will learn to like them.  Grad­u­ally your taste pref­er­ences will adjust.  Soon you’ll be think­ing, “this isn’t so bad” and then it’ll be a short step to your actu­ally lik­ing it.

Don’t believe me?  Con­sider beer.  I admit beer is not a veg­etable, but very few peo­ple like beer the first time they taste it.

Yet they keep try­ing it because they like how it makes them feel.  Even­tu­ally most adults learn to enjoy the taste of beer.  Often, the very same bit­ter­ness that turned them off at first becomes part of what they seek in a good beer.

Sim­i­larly, if you eat more veg­eta­bles (and less of the bad stuff), you will like how it makes you feel — healthy and alive with energy.

Of course it will take longer to feel the ben­e­fi­cial effects of veg­eta­bles than the effects of beer.  So give it some time.  Eat your veg­gies.  You really will feel bet­ter, and soon you’ll enjoy the fla­vor.

Veg­gies: less calo­ries, tastes great!

You can do it!