In daily life, some people like coriander very much, while others don't. We often hear such a voice in the streets: "Boss, a bowl of noodles, no coriander!" "Boss, come to the bowl of noodles and add more parsley!" The point of these two sentences is whether you want coriander or not. In fact, people themselves like and hate coriander. Some people think coriander tastes delicious, while others are extremely disgusted with coriander and hate its taste. They don't want a piece of coriander on the table.

For a small piece of coriander, why can it cause such a big debate? For people, is coriander fragrant or smelly? What is its significance? In fact, many people don't want to eat coriander mainly because its taste is not appetizing. There is a saying called "honey here, arsenic there", which is very suitable for coriander. Some people say that people who don't like coriander are mostly picky eaters, but this is not the real reason. Scientists have found that whether you like coriander or not is actually determined by genes.

The special flavor of coriander mainly comes from some aldehydes contained in it. Scientific research has found that people who don't like coriander have a gene called OR6A2 on chromosome 1 1, which makes people sensitive to aldehydes and easy to smell coriander as a bug. In addition, some bitter genes will also affect people's acceptance of coriander. Compared with people from other countries, the sense of smell and taste of China people are more sensitive to coriander. Therefore, not liking coriander is not picky about food, but your nose and tongue are too sensitive.

Of course, there are also a group of people who didn't like coriander when they were young, but suddenly changed when they grew up. They think coriander is delicious. In fact, it is caused by two reasons: on the one hand, "I don't like coriander" may be because of psychological hints when I was a child, which led to my dislike of coriander; On the other hand, with the increase of age, the sensitivity to taste and smell decreases, so the taste of coriander is not so heavy. Finally, I slowly accepted the existence of this smell.

Having said that, in fact, coriander itself has a peculiar "fragrance", which has many benefits to the human body. Its health care function can not be underestimated, and it can be called "the first dish to protect the heart". Let's look at these two points.

1. Protect the heart and lungs

Coriander has always been considered as a healthy dish beneficial to the heart. Eating regularly can improve the disease resistance of the heart and lung system. It is cold in winter and easy to catch a cold. Eating coriander at this time can not only help the yang of the heart to grow hair, but also help the heart and lungs resist viruses and regulate a series of sequelae caused by colds.

2. Strengthening the spleen and promoting digestion

Chinese medicine believes that coriander is warm and pungent, enters the lung and spleen, and has the effect of invigorating the spleen, harmonizing the middle and strengthening the spleen and promoting digestion. Spleen is the logistics department of human body, which is mainly responsible for nutrient distribution after digestion and absorption. Poor spleen function will affect the whole body's nutritional supply and metabolism. For example, the skin is very dry and the body is wet, or there is no meat in the plump place, but the fat place is full. It is cold in winter, and many people's spleen and stomach have been in a state of lethargy. It would be perfect if you could eat some coriander, which can activate spleen function and promote digestion.