Why do so many adult men refuse to eat vegetables? So many guys I know will only eat green if it's a piece of lettuce on a cheeseburger. My FIL literally called asparagus and broccoli "absolutely disgusting" like he was a toddler. He calls salads rabbit food or food that food eats. No he's not healthy at all, a salad would definitely do him some good. It's weird because you can look at movies or documentaries from the 50s or earlier and people ate a ton of veggies. They'd have a small piece of meat or fish, some potatoes and at least 2-3 servings or more veggies at the table. But it's becoming increasingly common for people to just avoid veggies entirely. Is this just some picky eating thing? I don't understand how risking colon cancer is seen as manly.