Do you agree with my doctor?

PreciousDove

PreciousDove

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Recently, I went to the doctor and told her that my eating habits have changed.
Foods I used to eat, some of them I can't handle anymore.
I either try to make it smaller amounts then before or not all.

She said "That as you age your diet becomes different."
I shouldn't worry too much as long as it isn't unhealthy that I trade for.
What do you think? Is she right?

I don't think that I want to live without pizza every once in a while, because I just love mozzarella too much. :eek:
Has your eating changed as you age? How do you feel about it in general?
 

My eating habits have changed a couple of times during this aging process. My sister is a little older than me, was never overweight and she cut back so much that her clothes were literally bagging off her. People were begging her to eat. She says she's just not that hungry anymore. I wish I could say that now. For a while, I felt less hungry and lost another 16 pounds (I'd previously lost 10). Now I've gained that 10 back because I'm eating more than I should again, or more correctly stated...more of the wrong things, though I never eat that much at one sitting. I'm about to try to change my eating habits again to better control my diabetes and lose the weight.

When you say you can't handle the foods, what do you mean? If you're having gastric distress of some kind such as stomach pain and/or acid reflux, it might be something that needs to be checked out by a gastroenterologist.
 
PreciousDove said:
Recently, I went to the doctor and told her that my eating habits have changed.
Foods I used to eat, some of them I can't handle anymore.
I either try to make it smaller amounts then before or not all.

She said "That as you age your diet becomes different."
I shouldn't worry too much as long as it isn't unhealthy that I trade for.
What do you think? Is she right?

I don't think that I want to live without pizza every once in a while, because I just love mozzarella too much. :eek:
Has your eating changed as you age? How do you feel about it in general?
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My diet has changed in the past week. I lost 6 lbs without even trying. Haven't felt like eating much.
 

OneEyedDiva said:
My eating habits have changed a couple of times during this aging process. My sister is a little older than me, was never overweight and she cut back so much that her clothes were literally bagging off her. People were begging her to eat. She says she's just not that hungry anymore. I wish I could say that now. For a while, I felt less hungry and lost another 16 pounds (I'd previously lost 10). Now I've gained that 10 back because I'm eating more than I should again, or more correctly stated...more of the wrong things, though I never eat that much at one sitting. I'm about to try to change my eating habits again to better control my diabetes and lose the weight.

When you say you can't handle the foods, what do you mean? If you're having gastric distress of some kind such as stomach pain and/or acid reflux, it might be something that needs to be checked out by a gastroenterologist.
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I mean that some foods that I like I just don't like anymore or just never have the taste for them.
I'm never hungry for them and could care less if it existed.

Thank you much for your concern.
 
My eating habits have changed as I’ve gotten older and as prices have increased.

Many foods that I enjoyed just don’t have enough of a WOW factor to justify the higher prices.

These days my diet is probably 50% healthy grownup choices and 50% childhood favorites.

I eat less and enjoy/appreciate it more!
 
PreciousDove said:
Has your eating changed as you age? How do you feel about it in general?
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Yeah
Less fast food
More slow food
Not due to aging, just not in such a hurry to slug down a gut bomb when a plate of delicious food is so much cheaper

I pretty much eat what my lady sets out
Just less of it
If I eat too much in summer, I get too thirsty when working outside.
Nothing much worse than a belly full of water sloshing around when chopping wood.......and remaining thirsty

aaaand, my poop is more like poop should be
No more salad shooters
 
It's been a hot and humid summer here which kills my appetite, and some foods don't have the appeal they once did. I expect that to change when it's cooler. That aside, age has a lot to do with it too. We don't get the exercise we used to and that even includes getting up for work and putting in a shift. Ahhh...pizza!
 
My eating habits have stayed much the same. However, my portions have become much smaller as I age. I recently have moved....lugging boxes, unpacking, stretching to hang new wall deco, bending to fix things.....I lost 8 pounds in 3 weeks. I hope whoever got them will keep them! It makes me smile to think about how much "I keep moving" during the day. I'm going to try and eat right, and by the end of the day I won't reach for a handful of snacks.;)
 
Not only has our eating habits changed, food doesn't taste the same as when I was a kid growing up. My mother was a wonderful cook and baker and we seldom had fast-food. I'd never had pizza until I was 19 yo. When hubby had a bad accident in 2012, he had to take so many antibiotics that it ruined his gut and no matter how much yogurt he ate (I can't stand to look at it to this day!), it didn't help. He lost his taste for many foods that he loved his whole life. One of the things he stopped eating was Planter's dry roasted peanuts. Before the accident, he always had a handful of peanuts he was munching on. Now, he can't stand them.

Hubby and I both have GERD (me worse then him), so we don't enjoy food that triggers acid reflux and we avoid them as much as possible.. Recently, my ex died from esophageal cancer from acid reflux. He loved his Coke and chili.
 
Mike said:
Yes I agree, my eating habits have also changed, something
changed about a month ago and is not affecting me well, I
am trying to find out what it is, so far no luck.

Mike.
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I pray and hope it's nothing also.
If you haven't checked with your doctor lately because at times they can be slow
I suggest you keep on them.
Sometimes they see this not as important because patients don't show very much concern.
But then it turns out when it becomes important enough it was important to find out.
( I hope this isn't the case now)
When you find out would you let us know if it's ok with you?
 
jujube said:
Interesting subject. All my life, I have loved raw onions and have eaten them with no trouble. Recently, though, eating even a little bit of raw onion gives me a belly-ache. Cooked onions, no problem. Why now?
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Well like the title of this subject says.. we get older and our taste and diets change.
Funny thing about your case though onions are supposed to be very healthy.
There has to be something in the onion to the ones you buy that you can no longer handle.
Did you try a different brand onion?
 
Colleen said:
I'd never had pizza until I was 19 yo.
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You know I was in my mid teens when I first had pizza. Until that time, I thought I had probably tasted just about everything worth tasting, but when I had my first taste of pizza, it blew my mind. It was one of those "Where has this been all my life" moments. I recently read a book on diet and fitness, written by a fitness buff, who had some good advice in regards to over eating where he recommended people pay attention to a food's taste to really sort out what your body will recognize as good for you. But in my mind, he totally blew his argument when he focused on pizza; He suggested to just ask yourself if it's really good, or is it just salty? OK, OK, I admit pizza is not the best thing for you to eat, and granted there is a lot of salt in it, but I can't think of a more savory food out there. If my taste dictated what was good for my body. I'd eat so much pizza that I would gain 50 pounds. And it's just as good today as when I was 15 years old.
 
JustDave said:
You know I was in my mid teens when I first had pizza. Until that time, I thought I had probably tasted just about everything worth tasting, but when I had my first taste of pizza, it blew my mind. It was one of those "Where has this been all my life" moments. I recently read a book on diet and fitness, written by a fitness buff, who had some good advice in regards to over eating where he recommended people pay attention to a food's taste to really sort out what your body will recognize as good for you. But in my mind, he totally blew his argument when he focused on pizza; He suggested to just ask yourself if it's really good, or is it just salty? OK, OK, I admit pizza is not the best thing for you to eat, and granted there is a lot of salt in it, but I can't think of a more savory food out there. If my taste dictated what was good for my body. I'd eat so much pizza that I would gain 50 pounds. And it's just as good today as when I was 15 years old.
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If I didn't love pizza I think Italians would be ashamed of me :ROFLMAO::rolleyes:
I've never had a pizza that tasted salty before.
Does anyone ever make their own pizza? I do that rarely.
 
PreciousDove said:
I've never had a pizza that tasted salty before.
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I once had a pizza that to my taste was too salty. I think the chef just screwed up that one time. I've had lots of other pizzas in the same place that weren't like that. Pizzas vary widely from one place to another. I like the ones from New York/Jersey. I've seen a lot of places that advertise New York style, but they've obviously never had a pizza from New York. Chicago Pizza, my home town, is a distant second, but I think I might be guilty of drifting the thread off topic, so I'm done (for now).
 

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