proving once again that fat folks make the best lab rats . . .

[kathleen24]

This one cannot even be taken seriously folks--don't read and drink at the same time--this article is a guarenteed snorter.

I found this article at:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/02/MNG9GE1FLN1.DTL

and an amusing, if somewhat graphic, commentary was here:

http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/morford/

[potatofree]

Niiiiiiice.... creating false memories to produce an aversion to dessert foods? How about making me forget I read that article...please?

:D

[cc48510]

Such aversions will work only so long as the person doesn't eventually for some reason try the food again.

Back in 1989, I got sick from some tainted (the person handling them was most likely sick) eggs. I would not eat eggs (save those cooked into baked goods) for 13 years. Then, in 2002...I went on Atkins...and I decided to give Eggs another chance. I now eat them all the time.

For years I associated Pork with the deep-fried, breaded, sauce covered trash they served in the public schools. I would not eat Pork until my Grandmother made some Pork Chops when I was 10 y/o, and I tried them...Ever since, I have loved Pork.

I would not eat Spinach (again, because of an aversion caused by the overcooked, mushy trash served when I was in school) until I went on Atkins. I gave Raw Spinach a try, and now I love Spinach Salad.

Awhile back (maybe 20 years ago), my brother had a bad experience with Ice Cream and wouldn't eat it for years. He tried it [Ice Cream] again about 1989 and now loves Ice Cream again.

[ItsTheWooo]

Yea totally. Until relatively recently my only experience with fish was the fake junk food fish stick type food you give kids so I thought I didn't like it. I had a meaty, succulent, fatty delicious fresh salmon steak a year ago, and well ever since then I've been obsessed with salmon. IMO, salmon fat is like butter... it's as delicious as pork fat (although not as versatile :) ).
I've even tried the more delicate "flaky" fishes like tilapa and have learned to appreciate them (I remember hating those frozen white fish filets my mom used to make).

When I was a kid I thought stove top was like the best food EVER... then when I had some recently I didn't think it was that impressive at all.

Also had an adverse experience with turnips as a kid, never would eat them. I tried them again on Atkins and learned they're awesome.

There are lots of junk foods that in my head I think are incredible because of fond childhood experiences: chocochip snack bars, ramen noodles, cereal, pepridge farm layer cakes (coconut flavor), rice, sandwiches from quikcheck etc. But then when I try these foods they don't taste how I remembered them. Though I enjoy them, it's not how it is in my mind :).

[tie_guy]

So they have to give someone a bad memory for every single item of junk food that is available to people in the industrialized world today? And then they have to create good memories for a wide range of "healthy" foods. After years spending trying to go through every possible junk food available (when I craved carbs if I didn't like one type of carb I am sure I would simply go to another one) I am sure that the research will surprised that even though the subjects always went for the rice cakes instead of the meat the people still gained weight. I am sure that at this point the researchers will conclude that you not only have to avoid certain foods but you must also limit the serving size. This of course will make much more sense then trying to examine if the picked the correct foods to avoid.

[penelope]

You know where this one is going. 11 years ago, my two grandsons swallowed some turpentine
( don’t ask) . One was rushed to the hospital while the other one stayed with me we could not smell it on his breath and he said that he did not swallow any. I gave him some chocolate cookies or milk, I was carrying him around, he burped, the smell of turpentine hit me in the face, and his chocolate puke went in my ear.
It took me two years before I could eat chocolate again.