Cilantro: Love It? Or Hate It?

Jennifer Trepeck
4 min readMay 16, 2022

A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline

looking down on a white counter with a white bowl of cilantro leaves and a couple wedges of lime
Photo by Lindsay Moe on Unsplash

Cilantro is an absolutely polarizing food. I’ve had friends who say anything with cilantro tastes like soap while others love it and use it as an alternative to parsley or other herbs. So, what’s the deal?

It’s chemical.

There’s a genetic component that determines how we taste cilantro. A 2012 study, among…

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Jennifer Trepeck

Health Coach, Business Consultant, Host of Salad with a Side of Fries Podcast. www.asaladwithasideoffries.com IG/FB/Twitter:@JennTrepeck