Do you hate beets? If you despise the quirky beetroot, scientific studies may have an answer for your adverse reaction.

Thanks to science, you can put your mind at ease. It may not be your traumatic childhood memories of eating canned beets at dinner or swallowing mouth-puckering pickled beets at a family picnic that now make you cringe in horror at the sight of the humble beetroot. There are scientifically proven reasons for why some people dislike beets while others love them.