Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Finally, The Reason Behind Why Cilantro Tastes So Bad To You

IT’S A REAL THING, OK?!

You heard it here (or at the SciShow), it's OFFICIALLY A REAL THING! Your cilantro aversion isn't just your imagination, and here's some science to prove it.

If you're part of the 4-14% of people who have this problem, cilantro usually turns meals from this:

If you're part of the 4-14% of people who have this problem, cilantro usually turns meals from this:

Nickelodeon

To this:

To this:

Nickelodeon, Thinkstock

It turns out it's not you, it's your genes. In a study of 30,000 people, researchers found that people who hated cilantro had similar smell-receptor genes. They shared the gene OR6A2.

It turns out it's not you, it's your genes. In a study of 30,000 people, researchers found that people who hated cilantro had similar smell-receptor genes. They shared the gene OR6A2.

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