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Utahfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1940 Posts
Portland
Oregon
USA
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 Posted - Jul 27 2007 : 11:20:25 AM
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maybe it'll ring some bells for us geezers (I'm 61)
Has anyone noticed things don't taste the same anymore? Do you lose taste buds or something after 60? Things I used to love don't have any appeal for me anymore and some things make me sick just thinking about them (like meat ). I used to be a carnevor but now can't stand thinking about meat. When Stuie cooks it, I want to leave the house because of the smell.
I'd be interested to know if anyone else is experienceing this and if there's any reason for it. I know we don't eat as much as we age (I remember my Mom and Dad talking about eating pasta when they were young and how they didn't eat anywhere near as much as they got older.) And I've noticed that I eat about half of what I used to. (Nice side effect, I've lost 25 pounds).
Thanks for the input.
Farmgirl hug,
Patricia
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Kathie
True Blue Farmgirl
2436 Posts
Kathie
Thonotosassa
Florida
USA
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Posted - Jul 27 2007 : 11:50:39 AM
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Well.. i'mm thinking that our taste buds probably DO change in time.. maybe not JUST because we are getting older..
( uh hum!! We aren't geezer's just yet sister!!)
Because i can remember being younger.. i mean like 5 or 6 & absolutley HATING a certain food.. & then maybe a few years later liking it.. or even LOVING it.. & also.. Maybe a food that i LOVED at 10 or 12.. i know that in my twenties.. i wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole! Because i thought it was just Foul!!
I think our Taste Buds change.. but just because they do.. Not because we are getting OLD..
BUT!!!
I think something else is happening too!! Here it comes.. Something about this tastes a bit like a conspiracy theory.. but here it goes..
I think , although they keep the same names on products.. They change the ingedients of things IN THAT package.. Thus changing the taste!
For instance.. i have eaten Captain Crunch ceral my entire life.. Since i was in 1st Grade..
I remember the day Our Mail Man, Spesh brought this brightly colored box to our house!! WOW!! Sugared Cereal!! & Was i hooked!
& I attacked Spesh the next day too!!
So.. he brought me MORE boxes that they had down at the Post Office!
From there on in.. i was a Captain Crunch Kid!! So i KNEW what it should be tasting like.. & i could tell the subtle changes they trieded to slide in.. & not just when they added the Peanut Butter flavored.. Or the Crunch Berries.. this was much more serious.. They were tampering with the real thing!! They HAVE done something to my Original Captain Crunch Ceareal!
& it has NOTHING at all to do with my Changing Taste Buds!
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Jul 27 2007 : 11:53:34 AM
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I agree!! My stomach doesn't want half the stuff it used to. I don't even like a lot of things anymore that I used to like. It seemed to have happened almost over night. Now its one piece of pizza instead of three. It seems eggs no longer agree with me, and I do miss that, because I love eggs and toast. This list goes on and on. My aunt who is 92 has never had this problem, she can and does eat anything, she has an iron stomach! She thinks I'am way to fussy, but I try and tell her that so many things don't agree with me, she thinks its in my head. We should all be as lucky as Aunt Glenda, I sure miss a lot of my favorites, but like you said it keeps the weight down. Nothing like a good bowl of cereal, yea right.
NANCY JO
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FarmGirl~K
True Blue Farmgirl
512 Posts
Kelly
TX
USA
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Posted - Jul 27 2007 : 12:45:41 PM
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I am 36 & I agree with you it has nothing to do with age. So much in the store (if you are not lucky enough to have a garden, or one that agrees with you) has a different taste. I just told some friends at work how I used to love tomatoes. My gram used to buy them & I would slice them & sprinkle salt on them (of course I salted everything, even watermelon & apples, not anymore though,doesnt taste the same). They were so good. Now I can barely stand to eat them. That was until those same friends brought me some from their thriving gardens. I think your tastes do change too. I used to be able to eat all kinds of candy & sweets in general. Not anymore, a little goes a long way with me. Boy you think I could lose a few lbs. like that.  I guess I must have replaced those with something else.
"Work as if you were to live a hundred years, pray as if you were to die tomorrow." ~Benjamin Franklin~
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_Rebecca_
True Blue Farmgirl
568 Posts
Rebecca
OK
USA
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Posted - Jul 27 2007 : 12:46:04 PM
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I never feel loss of appetite. I am just like your 92 yr old aunt. Even if I'm sick or queasy or whatever I eat. I will eat anything at any time of day, doesn't matter. I will eat anything for breakfast. I'm not a huge person, but I am happy eating deep fried, refried, healthy, foods, bland foods, rich foods, whatever. My Chinese neighbors do give me some challenges. I guess I do have my limits. Some of the things they make are awesome, some other things however, not so appealing to me. : )
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PlumCreekMama
True Blue Farmgirl
730 Posts
Heather
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Jul 27 2007 : 8:50:11 PM
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| I used to work in a nursing home (not that I'm saying your that old, Patricia!) and most of the residents hardly ate anything. It was like pulling teeth to get them to eat. They taught us that older people's tastebuds don't work as well as young people's, so they need more seasoning. Especially sugar. Most people would at least eat dessert and fruit, at lot of people would only eat dessert and fruit. There was a 101 year old lady that put sugar (and lots of it) on everything, including in her soup. |
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AliShuShu
True Blue Farmgirl
150 Posts
Alison
Charlotte
NC
USA
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Posted - Jul 28 2007 : 08:11:48 AM
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lately i can rarely drink a soda or glass of sweet tea... its too sweet... i can't stand the taste it leaves in my mouth. this is great for me since i've always struggled to drink as much water as i think i should...
Alison
I think that if ever a mortal heard the voice of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day. ~F. Frankfort Moore, A Garden of Peace
Namaste'
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The Handmaiden
True Blue Farmgirl
214 Posts
Kim
Shreveport
Louisiana
USA
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Posted - Jul 28 2007 : 08:55:53 AM
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Patricia, seems that's the way of life - CHANGE. Taste buds, tummys,etc...I think even my teeth have shifted, food gets stuck that didn't use to and they're all mine!! Right there with you on the meat. At 51 I am noticing changes constantly and I'm thinking hormones or lack of, may play a big part too!
Kathie, I would agree with you 100% about packaged food!!! Seems they've added more chemicals and less of the "real thing". Am always disappointed when I buy an old favorite from childhood or high school days. As a matter of fact, bought a "moon pie" just the other day, took a bite and had to spit it out. The dog enjoyed it tho'. (I know! Wasn't good for her either.)
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jul 28 2007 : 09:52:05 AM
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honey .. i can still tell the taste of YUMMY and YUCKY .. and i've got a few years on you!
xo, frannie
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl
2246 Posts
fran
bonham
texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 28 2007 : 10:08:42 AM
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when i was young, i was strictly a meat and potatoes girl.
no veggies, so sweets, i didnt like chocolate.
i have noticied lately that things all taste the same to me. or that i have trouble telling the different taste.
unfortunately, now that my metabolism has slowed down, due to graves disease and aging. i have discovered and LOVE alot of the foods that i should probably be giving up at this point in my life, life sweets, and CHOCOLATE
i think this is just more evidence in the column for "why we think omie is dyslexic".
or as my mom used to say, "I think that is the way they do things on fran's planet"
oh well, i think i'm gonna go have a hot fudge sundae.
love
fran
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cabinmoose
True Blue Farmgirl
218 Posts
Lorna
Forest Hill
MD
USA
218 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2007 : 6:39:41 PM
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well I am just oh 58 days shy of 40 so I don't think I classify as a geezer yet....but meats totally turn off my taste buds these days. It smells foul when I cook it. The only other time I expereinced this problem was when I was pregnant and we won't go there! I am not. lol
But I have read that every 7 years our taste buds change.
I love spicy and have never wanted to touch the stuff!
Lorna
Forest Hill, MD
“I laugh, I love, I hope, I try, I hurt, I need, I fear, I cry.
And I know you do the same things too, So we're really
not that different, me and you.” ~Colin Raye |
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La Patite Ferme
True Blue Farmgirl
623 Posts
Jenn
CA
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2007 : 3:32:50 PM
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I've been noticing the same thing. It's nice to know I'm not alone. Sweet and salty are the current big turn offs.
But, I was sort of attributing it to the over hybirdizing of food to the point that its lost most of its taste not to mentions its nutrtional value.
Maybe its a combination of the two. |
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janetinva123
True Blue Farmgirl
363 Posts
Janet
newport news
va
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2007 : 5:28:49 PM
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Hormones do have an affect on taste buds I have read somewhere. I had a brain injury some years ago and lost almost all my sense of smell so for the logest time I could barely taste food. It is better now but some things don't taste like they did years ago. I also believe that food grown close to home taste better and meat pre- packed in the case has salt and carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in it. So it is a wonder we can taste at all.
Jc
http://beloved-creations.blogspot.com
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