Do you agree with my doctor?

JustDave said:
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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Chicago is my hometown also. I haven't had pizza anywhere else except when I visit i'myourpal in Anaheim. That was years ago.
 
PreciousDove said:
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?
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I've tried both red onions and yellow/white onions and both make the tummy hurt.
dko1951 said:
Same here. Cooking4 white onions removes the acid. Red onions don't bother me at all and I love them raw.
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Both bother me raw.

I sure wish I could still eat them raw. I've been told that an onion is better for you than an apple.

Onions have been used in "folk medicine". My grandma said that they'd fry up a mess of onions, wrap them in a cloth and put them on the chest or back of a person who had a bad chestcold.
 
About 2.5 years ago, gluten started bothering my gut. Then it was all grains, and soon all vegetables. Now I eat just meat, eggs, and some dairy.

I haven't been to a doctor to find out why it happened, but so far I'm doing fine.

Some doctors just shrug everything off as "age," or something else. This is one reason I don't bother going.
 
NorthernLight said:
Some doctors just shrug everything off as "age," or something else. This is one reason I don't bother going.
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I made a special appointment with my doctor after experiencing exhaustion after some moderate lifting, which I had done many times before without a problem. He told me he thought I just "overdid it." That didn't seem right, but I let it go. About two weeks later, I had to be wheeled into the ER. I couldn't walk from my car to the door of the ER. I had blood clots in my lungs and my BP was absurdly low. Lack of blood to vital organs had caused acute renal and liver failure. I was in the hospital for a week. Blood clots were forming in my ankle and finding their way through my heart and into my lungs. They pushed a filter into my vena cava to catch blood clots and permanently put me on a blood thinner. That was about 5 years ago. I'm fine now.
 

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NorthernLight said:
Some doctors just shrug everything off as "age,"
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Much truth to that... seems to be easier than admitting they don't know.

And sometimes they are right, just not always.

Death is also a symptom of aging... but the objective should be to delay that as long as we can; so long as living is still fun anyway.
 
In a year I have lost about 40 pounds, and in the last month and a half a further 25 pounds. This is intentional. I am eating about 1200 calories a day, no sugar, no salt. Fruit bowel at 8 am, small soup at noon, small meal at 6 pm, and a piece of fruit before I go to bed at 11pm. No bread, no cake, no cookies. I started out at 280 pounds a year ago, I am now at 235 with a target at the end of 2022 of 200 pounds. No alcohol, and no pizza. Jimb.
 
jimintoronto said:
In a year I have lost about 40 pounds, and in the last month and a half a further 25 pounds. This is intentional. I am eating about 1200 calories a day, no sugar, no salt. Fruit bowel at 8 am, small soup at noon, small meal at 6 pm, and a piece of fruit before I go to bed at 11pm. No bread, no cake, no cookies. I started out at 280 pounds a year ago, I am now at 235 with a target at the end of 2022 of 200 pounds. No alcohol, and no pizza. Jimb.
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Good for you!!

I find the little to no alcohol is a big help. Not only does alcohol have a lot of nutrition free calories, it tends to lower my will power not to overeat.

Hope you make that goal, sounds like you are well on your way!
 
Your doc should have said "as you age your appetite changes." Your diet changes because your appetite changes.

I lost my appetite a year ago. I lost over 40 pounds, and I'm not a big guy, so that's not a good thing. I gained back about 25 pounds and still working on it, but when you just aren't hungry, that's not as simple as it sounds.

My doctor ordered blood and urine tests and an abdominal ultrasound, and didn't find a cause, so yeah, she said "age".
 
Taste buds hasn't changed. I changed my eating habits many years ago. No beef or pork. Organic snacks, eggs, chicken, butter.. I enjoy seafood; salmon, shrimp, scallops, steamed blue crabs (summer time eating..lol). I found out many years ago I was Lactose intolerant. I use organic almond milk when I eat cereal in the morning. Love my oatmeal with blueberries. Green veggies with dinner. I'm getting hungry talking about food.. yum lol As with a lot of you, portion control is a must for me.

My hubby shared with me today he has been having problems with this stomach for the last 4 days..bloating, pain, etc. I mention to him he may want to change to Lactose milk to see if that's the issue. His diet could stand a bit of improvement. If his pain gets worst, I will suggest he make an appt with his dr. He may need a laxative.
 
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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I found a GREAT single serving pepperoni pizza. It's called Lite Cruisine - Cauliflower crust. I take the pepperoni off - they are too salty for me. The pizza is delicious and just enough.
 
I should add that I stand 179 cm, and my original weight last year in July was 128 kilos. I am now at 107 kilos today . Now that I have lost some of my body weight, my feet and legs are no longer swollen, and my stamina when walking or climbing stairs is much improved, with the reduced need to use my Solbutamol inhaler. Now I find it is easier to walk, and walk farther than I was able to do in the past. Today I had the pleasure of going to buy some new smaller size underwear, and a new smaller size waist belt. Some of the shirts that I couldn't wear last year are now comfortable to wear, and my size 44 suit is now wearable again. Even my shoes fit better now, as my feet are no longer swollen. All of these factors are a way to maintain my progress towards my eventual goal of being under 200 pounds in 2023. Jimb.
 
When I was a young feller I sure liked my rum. You might say it "put a smile on my face." These days 1 glass or 2 at the most and it's enough. Don't want anymore. Yes, tastes change as we get older. I eat a lot less and some of the food, it just doesn't taste all that great.

As far as pizzas, ice cream, alcohol and other vices, go ahead but do it in moderation. Hey, in 100 years it wouldn't matter at all what you do, think, how you acted, how much booze you drank or how much pizza or ice cream you ate. LOL

As a friend of mine used to say (he's dead now), "We're not here for a long time but we're here for a good time."
 
Ladybj said:
I hope you can pin point it Mike. Keep us posted.
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Thank you for your concern Ladybj and PreciousDove,my
doctor is on it, she has sent samples away for testing and
since I have heard nothing from her, I assume that there
is nothing to report, but it is wearing me down, I am trying
to help, I stop something, Milk first, but including cheese
and butter, then eggs, I am still off the milk until I finish
the Lactose Free stuff, but I started the cheese and eggs,
no problems so far, I have about a pound of spread made
with Virgin Olive Oil, to use before I venture back on to butter.

I will find out soon I believe.

Mike.
 
PreciousDove said:
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?
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I haven't experienced any change yet (at age 66), but I remember my mother ate very little and was finicky about food as she aged, especially in her 80s. I don't know if any prescription medications would exacerbate the changes, my mom was on an awful lot of medications when she got old.
 
Besides having to be careful about sugar, a few years ago, I learned that I can no longer handle serious hot spices.
I used to wolf down habanero & other hot peppers & love it. But a couple of years ago, I was out to dinner with friends & the dish I ordered came with Jalapeno peppers. I ate three of them. A half hour later, a stomach ache & diarrhea. I'll have to stick with Bell Peppers now. :(
 
NorthernLight said:
About 2.5 years ago, gluten started bothering my gut. Then it was all grains, and soon all vegetables. Now I eat just meat, eggs, and some dairy.

I haven't been to a doctor to find out why it happened, but so far I'm doing fine.

Some doctors just shrug everything off as "age," or something else. This is one reason I don't bother going.
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It seems like i'm going down this path also. I can't eat gluten, vegetables are fine and some dairy not all.
 

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