Report, if you have a problem with this page“ The emotion of disgust evolved initially to optimize responses to the omnivore's dilemma. Individuals who had a properly calibrated sense of disgust were able to consume more calories than their overly disgustable cousins while consuming fewer dangerous microbes than their insufficiently disgustable cousins. ”
Jonathan Haidt
From : The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion