system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How/when do we develop taste? Why some food tastes disgusting when we are children, and then we grow to like it as adults?
gpt
Baby's tastebuds are hyper sensitive to bitterness because most naturally occurring poisons are bitter. This is a self defense mechanism that evolved over thousands of years to protect babies from eating plants that would kill them. As we grow older, our bodies become less susceptible to toxins, and thus no longer need to be warned by our tastebuds of potential poisons.