I now have an excuse for being a "picky" eater!!! Yahoo!!!! :D (In my opinion a picky eater is someone who turns up their nose at tons of food. I'll eat most food, I just don't always like it. So in my opinion, I'm not picky, I just don't enjoy different tastes.) Anway...I was doing research on Wikipedia for college general ed courses and found this interesting fact about PTC. (At least I thought it was interesting. ;)
...non-smokers and those not habituated *love that word* to coffee or tea have a statistically higher percentage of tasting PTC than the general population. PTC does not occur in food, but related chemicals do, and food choice is related to a person's ability to taste PTC. There is conflicting evidence as to whether a higher percentage of women than men can taste PTC (Phenylthiocarbamide - a very bitter chemical).
There you are! I'm a non-smoking woman who is not habituated to coffee or tea. That must be why I don't like a lot of food that most peoples do! :P Okay, w/e...it made me smile. And doing this post gave me a break from school. And I get off on rabbit trails way to easily on this blog. And now I'm going back to my Quizlet set...
That explains me... haha
ReplyDeleteIt does not! You are habituated to coffee! :P and you're a guy!
DeleteI drink coffee and tea, and I am a pretty picky eater even after burning all those taste buds off. Just imagine what I would be like if I didn't!
ReplyDeleteWell, it's also hereditary. I just wonder if maybe not liking coffee has something to do with tasting PTC?? I mean, coffee is pretty bitter, so if you taste bitter tastes more than other peoples...maybe that's why you don't like coffee (you being a very general term there :). I don't know...my brain is so frazzled right now. :P
DeleteThat's an interesting observation! Thanks for sharing:)
ReplyDeleteJust out of curiosity, what foods do you not like?
Um...well, there are lots that I just don't care for. But ones I really can't stand are fish, fish, and fish. :) :P
DeleteThere are also a lot that I do like (like broccoli) that upset my stomach slightly. :(
OH...and hotdogs! And Chinese food (at least some of it). And tomato-y food (can't stand huge chunks of gushy tomatos) and ketchup and MAYO *gag* Okay....I didn't think I'd given you enough before, but yeah...this shouldn't turn into a complaining session. :P I complain enough already. (terrible habit! ;)
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