Can you learn to love foods you hate?

yes it is in some cases you even start to like the food. (Doctors say that it takes approximately 20 days to form a habit hint hint)

I too, am a picky eater. Salads don't do it for me. I often ask the waiter for a substitute in a meal's salad. Eating healthy foods we don't like can be resolved with the way they're prepared. I don't like lettuce in salads, but do like them in Vietnamese Spring Rolls. Blending foods into a shake/smoothie does miracles getting those undesirable foods past the taste buds =0p...

After all is said & done, those foods we eat go down to the same place, and the tricky part is getting past the taste buds =0p...

I am not a picky eater at all, I like every fruit and vegetable there is. (Almost) I have noticed that the more we get used to sugar and junk food our taste for healthier foods can go down a bit. (Happened to me before) Once I cut down on the sugar and other pointless foods and craved them less and did better with healthier foods which I always ate just not as much I should have at times.

I'm not a picky eater, I usually eat everything that "gets on my way". My most favorite foods are spicy. I love spicy food. I got no problems eating salad and I sometimes eat junk food as well, but rarely. I think if you'd start practicing you will finally get used to other foods.

I think you can to be honest, because when I was a small child I used to absolutely detest rice; but now I can't get enough of the stuff. The same with Chinese food - I used to hate it and now I love it.

I am very receptive to new foods. I have traveled to many countries and some of the food I have eaten would gross you out, but are considered normal in the places I was at. Some of them were nasty, others, like chocolate covered ants and crickets, rather tasty (the ants taste like almonds). I'll try anything once.

Your taste buds do change however. A child tastes things differently for a reason. Things that an adult can survive on may be too strong for a child's system. Infants actually have taste buds in their cheeks!

As we get older, our taste changes, especially bitter and sour flavors. Ever noticed that kids who eat those really bitter and sour candies have a much bigger reaction than an adult? It's because, to them, the sensation is much more powerful.

As an adult, it's not really the taste buds that change, but our sense of smell degrades over time. Smell is a key component to taste. If you have ever held your nose while eating something, you notice that all but the basic sensations, bitter, sweet, salt, sour go away.

As we age, around 50 - 60 years old, our taste buds decrease and those remaining loose mass (get smaller). This, combined with the loss of nerve endings in the nose, reducing smell, causes your sensations of different foods to change.

I think you would like it when you eat it several times without knowledge that it is the food you hate. So you have to let someone feed you somehow, that worked for me before. It sounds a bit strange but it worths trying.

Well my hated food is Pizza, hated always but never liked. I cannot even enter a place where they sell it XD, although never used to like fruit but in time I overcame it, but Pizza...no wayyyyyy. It's evil I tell you!

I believe you can start to like foods you never imagined you would. For example, I used to hate soy sauce, mushrooms, and a plethora of other foods. Now, I love stir fry with soy sauce. My taste buds change whether I like it or not. That also goes both ways...

If you liked a food one day, you may not like it the next. I used to love chocolate as a kid but now, not so much.

As far as changing your taste buds yourself...I'm sure you could. If you're willing to stomach something long enough, eventually, you'd get used to it. It doesn't mean you will crave it, just that you won't mind it anymore.

Hope this help!