Humans are nutritionally intelligent - we know what's good food

Our food choices may be smarter than previously thought. — 123rf.com

Pioneering research has shed new light on what drives people’s basic food preferences.

The international study, led by the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, set out to re-examine and test the widely-held view that humans evolved to favour energy dense foods and our diets are balanced simply by eating a variety of different foods.