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Is there really someone who doesn't like to eat coriander?

Coriander, also known as coriander, coriander, coriander, etc., is a familiar vegetable. According to the research of scientists, coriander itself is very nutritious, its vitamin C content is 2.5 times that of tomatoes, carotene content is 2.1 times that of tomatoes, and vitamin E content is 1.4 times that of tomatoes. Traditional Chinese medicine also believes that coriander has medicinal value, warm, spicy taste, has the effect of sweating, digestion, spleen and middle, and is mainly used to treat symptoms such as poor measles, food stagnation, and appetite. There are also studies that have found that eating coriander has the effect of inhibiting lead accumulation in the body and kidney lead poisoning, so experts believe that eating a large amount of coriander has the effect of preventing and alleviating lead poisoning.

Coriander has so many benefits, does anyone really hate coriander? The answer is, there really is. According to a survey, 17% of people in Europe hate coriander, 21% in East Asia hate coriander, and 14% of Africans are afraid of its smell, but only 3% of people in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, which often add coriander to their food, hate coriander.

Why do these people hate coriander? Scientists believe that the main reason lies in genes. The taste of coriander comes mainly from the aldehydes it contains, and some people have a gene called OR6A2 on chromosome 11, and they smell coriander like a "disgusting farting insect smell." "In addition, regional eating habits and cultural factors will also greatly affect the choice of whether to eat coriander, and when the family diet experiences in childhood, it is more able to eat, and most of the children of families whose parents do not eat coriander will not eat coriander."

Is there really someone who doesn't like to eat coriander?

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