Published April 25, 2013 This content is archived.
An article in Prevention titled “5 Crazy Ways to Like Vegetables More” suggests serving vegetables with a cup of coffee, and reports that UB researchers found that when people paired a caffeine-containing beverage with a novel-tasting yogurt (like peppermint or cumin), they enjoyed the yogurt more with a caffeinated drink than when they paired it with a placebo drink because caffeine taps into the brain’s reward system and may help trick you into liking the vegetable.
Read more:
http://www.prevention.com/food/healthy-eating-tips/how-eating-vegetables-more
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