“Eat your broccoli. It’s good for you.”

Has this been said to you? Perhaps you were scrunching up your face in disgust as your parent or caretaker used the health angle to get you to eat something green already. Appealing to a person’s desire to be healthy isn’t just a tactic employed at the home dining table; it’s used by food companies and media all the time.

But first, a history lesson.

Heirloom Food Stories, Home cooking, Food HistoryGina LorubbioJune 19, 2017broccoli, Italy, brassica, boiled broccoli, sprouting broccoli, Tastemakers, superfood, food studies, healthy, nutritious, body knows best, 2017