Having just forced a bowl of mukimame beans down my throat (yuck, but protein, fibre, folate, manganese, phosphorus, vitamin K and, per 100g, 361 mg of omega-3 and 1794 mg of omega-6), I've been wondering - is there a food you hate but eat anyway because it's good for you?
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I had to look up "mukimame" because I thought you'd misspelled "edamame". This post is nutritional and educational!
Most of the food I hate is crap, like Velveeta, American "cheese", Budweiser, (the American beer), and... I found another one I dislike My diabetic housemate eats some of the most amazing crap. "Potted ham", or at least, I think that's what it's called. I was so traumatized, I didn't eat more than the tiny nibble I tried. I've never met a fruit or vegetable I didn't like. People on the other hand...
Oh, Soiylent Green. I hate Soylent Green, even though I've heard it's good for people.
ailurophile
Level 7
Mar 23, 2018
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Nope, I gave that up a few years ago. If I "need" to consume it I will swallow without tasting. I read a few years ago that 4 oz of a certain type of red wine every night at bedtime could regulate your blood sugars. I drank about 2.5 bottles before I turned the last bottle into beef burgundy. I don't like most red wines, and that type is one of them. I even added splenda to it. I'll deal with full blown diabetes before I drink that wine again. I did try hard to make it work, and decided then life is just too short.
HippieChick58
Level 9
Mar 23, 2018
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No, no, no. Don't eat stuff you don't like. Find your protein, fiber, et al, in other places with things you DO like. Life is too short.
poetdi56
Level 7
Mar 23, 2018
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Jnei:
The thing is, I'm vegetarian and have been for almost thirty years. When I was younger I just ate anything provided it didn't have meat (or fish) in it, but now I'm "of a certain age" I worry about getting the correct nutrients - mukimame don't taste great, but they've got a ton of good stuff in them. 
No. If I don’t like it I’m not about to eat it.
Donto101
Level 7
Mar 23, 2018
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Jnei:
If I only ate things I like, my diet would consist entirely of chocolate, cheese and wine - and I'd weigh 800lb and probably already be dead of some obesity-related disease.
@Jnei well there is a lot I love but limit to just every once in a great while or not at all. I was over 325lbs I don’t know how far over because I would get on a scale after I hit 325. But now I’m under 300 And steadily losing more. But I refuse to eat something I don’t like. Just can’t do it.
Avocado. I cut it super thin and put it in my wraps and stuff but it's mushy and tasteless and I hate it.
MagicAndRainbows
Level 4
Mar 23, 2018
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Jnei:
The one and only thing that makes me wonder if Satan is real is the existence of avocados.
Tumeric tastes terrible, but it's good for achy stuff.
jeffy
Level 7
Mar 23, 2018
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Wow, I love turmeric.
get your tumeric in capsules, tastes way better when it is swallowed quickly.
I must be weird because turmeric doesn't taste like much to me. I even like it in milk. I don't add too much, just enough to make it golden but it helps sore throat and tonsillitis
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