WHAT’S YOUR POISON… COFFEE OR COLA?
Our preference for a coff ee, beer or Coke isn’t down to our taste genes, says new research published in journal Human Molecular Genetics, but is instead based on the psychoactive properties of those beverages. “People like the way coff ee and alcohol make them feel. Th at’s why they drink it. It’s not the taste,” states lead scientist Marilyn Cornelis.