NUTRITION
LIPIDS
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Question
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Why do our brains love the taste of fat? (Select all that apply)
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To make humans eat as much fatty foods as possible to obtain lots of long-term energy
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It is full of sugar
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Because it actually tastes good
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Evolutionarily, it gave our human ancestors a survival advantage
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The sense of taste must have carried an evolutionary advantage to have evolved in the first place. Beauchamp says that taste-sensing systems in the mouth perform two essential tasks: umami and sweet detection help animals find energy-dense nutrients, and bitter detection helps them avoid toxic substances.
Detailed explanation-2: -As a result of their feast-and-famine lifestyle, humans may have developed a preference for fatty meals. Individuals who gorged on and stored high-energy molecules may have benefited from the natural selection because they were more likely to survive famine.
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