Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Keto and Interminate Fasting Podcast, where Dr.

Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight.

So, the question is, why is a tomato so empty and flavorless?

Well, this also explains why it's very difficult to get your kids to eat their vegetables,

because they don't taste like anything.

So, is it the lack of nutrients that's causing this problem?

Well, nutrients themselves don't have any flavor.

So, what is it?

Well, a tomato and other plants have hundreds of flavor chemicals,

and that's what gives you the flavor.

And it just so happens that these flavor chemicals are made from essential nutrients,

like omega-3 fatty acids, like essential amino acids.

And so, we do have a direct connection between nutrients and flavor chemicals.

Now, why does a food have flavor in the first place?

Well, it has to do with survival, a survival mechanism.

It's like the plants saying, hey, I'm over here.

Come get me.

This is where all the nutrients are.

And so, when you talk about real food, flavor equals nutrients.

It's a survival mechanism.

It's our way of detecting if something has nutrients in it or not.

And within our body, we have this great desire for flavors,

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