Hi Carol,

you said:
>If there is this link between being PTC tasting and non-tasting and how
one
>tastes those greens, would the instincto interpretation be that the
>physiology of tasters is unable to handle PTC (or whatever key part of the
>molecule produces the taste) and that they are therefore being protected
>from it by getting that horrible taste?

Yes, this is correct. The horrible taste means, you have no need for
this
stuff. If you still eat it, you put a burden on your body because you
force
it to deal with the PTC (or the salad greens).

>Or could non-tasters be eating
>things they shouldn't because of some.. mutation?

A mutation that lets you eat the stuff despite you don't need it? This
means
you are not genetically adapted to it. In the case of PTC this maybe
true
(isolated chemical, not natural). In the case of salad greens it is
not.

So in the case of salad the non-tasters would have a need for the
salad or
at least could metabolize it.

Instinctive greetings,

Stefan