Wednesday, 24 June 2015

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

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IT’S A REAL THING, OK?!

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

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

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

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To this:

To this:

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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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