The Palatability Factor: Staying Healthy Without Sacrificing Taste

The palatability factor refers to how good foods taste. Taste is intimately related to health. The better something tastes, the more likely a person is to eat it again. In an ideal world, the healthiest foods would taste as wonderful as a gourmet meal in a five star restaurant. Often, this is not the case. People find themselves believing and acting as if being healthy is synonymous with sacrificing taste on some level.

According to Ayurvedic philosophy, six different tastes exist. They are: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Each flavor presents healthy alternatives, which can be used to …read more