Vegetables
are one of those foods people either love or hate. The problem with hating
vegetables is that they are arguably the most health-promoting food group on
the planet. If you aren't eating vegetables, you aren't getting all their
amazing components like fiber, antioxidants, and other powerful phytochemicals.
So what's a veggie-hater to do?
People who think they hate vegetables can definitely learn to embrace this colorful
food group. But before we talk tips, we need to understand what causes some
people to scatter when broccoli is served.
Are
veggie haters born, or made? The answer seems to be both. Some of us have
negative veggie experiences from our childhood that come back to haunt us as
adults. Maybe you were forced to eat vegetables, or had to plow through a stack
of green beans to get to dessert. Maybe you were served overcooked, mushy
vegetables. Or perhaps some time in your life, you were on a fad diet where all you could eat were certain
vegetables.
I
trace my distaste for peas to a childhood memory of having to choke down a pile
of them before I could be excused from the table. To this day you will never
see me eat a spoonful of peas. I won't pick them out of a casserole or fried
rice, mind you, but they stand, 40 years later, as my least favorite vegetable
(no offense, Green Giant).
"If
veggies are only served in ways that don't match your personal flavor preferences,
they won't seem exciting," explains Karen Collins, MS, RD, nutrition
advisor for the American Institute for Cancer Research. So if you love spicy
food, you won't like veggies served plain; or if you love simple, earthy
flavors, veggies covered with rich sauce won't appeal.
But there are also innate physical reasons why some people have an aversion to
certain vegetables. According to Collins, a genetic trait has been identified
that seems to make some people have extra-sensitive receptors for bitter
tastes.
"They
are sometimes dubbed 'super tasters' and they make up about 25% of the
population," says Collins.
The
vegetables that tend to be the bitter offenders are cruciferous vegetables
(those from the cabbage family, including broccoli and cauliflower), some of
the leafy greens, and eggplant.
But
there are ways to tame the bitter taste in these nutrition-packed vegetables.
Check out the tips below for help on this, and for more ways to get vegetables
past the lips of even confirmed veggie haters.
A. In the words of the statement, often used the word that (that)
as a liaison between the introductory phrase and sentence were reported. According to articles
in above, there are two type of statement in reported speech:
·
"If veggies are only served in ways that don't match
your personal flavor preferences, they won't seem exciting," explains
Karen Collins, MS, RD, nutrition advisor for the American Institute for Cancer
Research.
It can be changes
into indirect speech, likes: Karen Collins explained that If veggies were only
served in ways that didn't match your personal flavor preferences, they won't
seem exciting.
·
"They are sometimes dubbed 'super tasters' and they
make up about 25% of the population," says Collins.
It can be changes into indirect speech, likes: Collins
said that They were sometimes dubbed 'super tasters' and they made up about 25%
of the population.
B. At the command line, direct
and indirect sentences are divided into positive
and imperative sentences negative imperative sentences. At the command line
needs to be added to in the next sentence. The example
of imperative positive sentences in reported speech:
·
He asked me, “open the door”
He asked me to open the door.
The example of imperative negative sentences in reported
speech:
·
She told me, “don’t eat that meal”
She
told me not to eat that meal
C.
Sentence Question
In interrogative sentence, question words like where, when, why, what, who, how, and others are used as conjunctions.
In interrogative sentence, question words like where, when, why, what, who, how, and others are used as conjunctions.
• That girl asked me, "where do
you live?"
That girl asked me where i lived
• Jane asked me, "When did you get back from your trip?"
Jane asked me when I had got back from my trip.
That girl asked me where i lived
• Jane asked me, "When did you get back from your trip?"
Jane asked me when I had got back from my trip.
If the sentence is a question requiring the answer yes or no, the word we use is if or Whether (if, if). example:
• The teacher asked me, "have you finished your homework?"
The teacher asked me if I had finished my homework.
• John asked me, "did you see Jane at the party yesterday?"
John asked me Whether I had seen Jane at the party yesterday