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It's safe to say that for a long time, "healthy" food didn't always make the mouth water. Watery, low-fat milk, rubbery tofu with no seasonings, and stomach-churning macrobiotic salads were long the staples of health-conscious households, none of which were about to win any Michelin stars. While culinary science has certainly improved leaps and bounds since the bland tofu dogs of the '90s, the perception that healthy eating requires a bit of a flavor sacrifice endures; that to make the healthiest possible choices, you have to be okay with eating vegetables that you can't stand, or forever eschewing desserts in favor of "healthified" versions that taste like dirt. But some nutrition experts argue that eating for pleasure, and what you love, can actually be super healthy.