• Question: Do people's taste buds cause them to react to food e.g throwing up ?

    Asked by anon-192082 to Jessica on 5 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Jessica Leung

      Jessica Leung answered on 5 Nov 2018:

      This is a very good question. I think it all depends on the person themselves – some people may react more than other people, and other people might react less. But, I do think taste buds is one of the reasons why it causes people to react, like you said throwing up.

Comments

  • Photo: Simon

    Simon commented on :

    It’s possible, but its most likely your brain remembering that you have eaten something before that has made you feel ill. Imagine you eat an undercooked chicken drumstick that gives you food poisoning and makes you very sick, your brain will remember that and might think all chicken drumsticks will make you sick. The next time you taste (or even smell) a chicken drumstick, you might feel instinctively ill. It’s not exactly your tastebuds making you feel ill, but they’re telling your brain that you’ve eaten this before

  • Photo: anon-192132

    anon-192132 commented on :

    That has happened to me before.Every time I go near beetroot or even smell it I outomatically feel sick (like you said)

  • Photo: anon-192243

    anon-192243 commented on :

    It is also possibly caused by stress.