Some cognitive dissonance! All nutritionists trumpeting that green vegetables are extremely useful for children, but it is necessary to show the child a dish of broccoli, spinach or zucchini - as a child at the time of blows from the kitchen. Of course, if the child already knows how to walk. And those "foodies" who master the first lure in the highchair, masterfully spit in the direction of breastfeeding is poyureshkoy broccoli or squash casserole.
We have to connect creative, arrange offspring Theater for Young People on a separate kitchen to the young Nehochuha eaten at least a piece of vegetable dishes. Italian scientists (apparently, the Pope of the same "fans" broccoli) decided to find out what is the cause of the children's revolt. And they came to an unexpected conclusion.
50 shades of green
It turns out that it is possible that a dislike for vegetables lies precisely in their green color. If broccoli was red, most likely the children was eating her cheeks.
Experimentally medical scientists have identified: in the course of natural selection, the human brain is accustomed automatically select the food is red (orange) color and to be suspicious of the green food. Simply put, the red on the plate means "Oh, it's delicious, I eat without thinking!", And green - "Oh, no, I'd rather refrain." It is this - verified genetic memory - the approach and show us our kids.
The ancestors of the blame?
If the dog in the choice of food rely on their sense of smell, the people deciding to eat or not to eat - trust first sight and color of food. And especially we focus on eating green and red colors. Why?
Because the first people prefer red fruits green as more mellow - a delicious and nutritious, have a high energy value. That is - ate red and longer you satiated. And then, thanks to the red color of elementary people could find ripe fruit and vegetables among the dense green foliage.
It turns out that this ancient evolutionary mechanism continues to operate today on our kids, vorotyaschih tip of broccoli and spinach.
Scientists suggest that in the future children's innate dislike to green, but so useful vegetables, learn to overcome artificially changing the color to red. Pozhuem - we'll see.
