Our individual diets are highly personal. Influenced by factors as diverse as beliefs, budget, convenience, culture, family, fashion, habit, health, religion, preferences and (oh, yes) nutritional requirements. The foods we choose to eat tell a kind of story about us, the way we see ourselves and the way we interact with the world.
In Bite Club: What's eating you? an actor, an athlete, a dancer, a student, a vegan and a woman who'd had lap-band surgery all told me about a typical day's diet. It was a fascinating read, if I say so myself.
Equally as interesting are the foods we avoid. Logic doesn't necessarily apply when we make decisions about what is suitable to eat. In our society sheep, cows, pigs and chickens are widely considered fair game but we blanch at the prospect of feasting on cats, dogs and horses. It might not make much sense but such arbitrary judgements are entrenched in many of us.
To get the ball rolling, here are five types of nourishment I have no desire to sample.
