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by Jare 1589 days ago
Wonder what evolutionary mechanisms made us (in general) enjoy food that's bad for us a lot more than the one that's good.
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How about the mainstream explanation? Energy used to be scarce, so high-energy foods tasted good. Now we have plenty of energy-dense and tasty food-like stuff without the actual nutritional content.