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Being that your sense of taste can be a marker of overall health, I use taste as a test of one's relative state of health. When I get a new client, they want to know what tests I will have them take to determine their current level of health. Sure, there are a few blood tests, but not many that are truly meaningful.

But I've found that a test that is very telling is the taste test. I have them eat some good durian (I say "good" because if I give them some bad tasting durian they will of course not like it, and neither would I). If they think the durian tastes sort of okay, then that's an encouraging sign.

If they think it's disgusting, then that's a sign that their health is not in good shape for some reason.

Many people who have transitioned from an unhealthy lifestyle to a healthy one report the following: foods (that the human body is not designed for) that once tasted delicious now don't, and the foods (of one's biological design) that in the past didn't taste so good, now taste great! Why? Because the taste bud cells can regain their normal functionality when the body's health improves. This is why people who are beginning to adopt healthy habits need to keep trying the natural foods they at one time didn't like… they'll likely find their tastes changing in favor of the flavors they're designed to experience.