Derrick From The Team

Children instinctively reject vegetables. This isn't "picky eating." It's toxin detection. Young children: - Refuse bitter foods (bitterness signals plant toxins) - Prefer sweet foods (quick energy, historically rare) - Prefer fatty foods (calorie-dense, building blocks) - Refuse vegetables unless masked with fat/salt/sugar Parents have to: - Hide vegetables in other foods - Bribe children to eat them - Force compliance with "three more bites" - Cover them in cheese or butter to make them palatable No parent forces children to eat bacon. No child needs bribes to eat butter. Kids don't reject meat and fat. They request it. Because instincts evolved over millions of years recognise optimal nutrition. Then we override those instincts with agricultural propaganda. "Eat your vegetables" is cultural programming, not biological wisdom. Children are detecting plant defense chemicals their bodies know to avoid. We call it picky eating. It's actually intelligent eating.