Have Your Taste Buds Changed With Age?

[Jules]

Broccoli used to be delicious, now I can only eat it with lemon.

Other foods are bland. Nothing really has the zing it used to have.

Even my homemade chocolate cake was just so-so.

Today we went to a restaurant that has rave reviews. We won’t be returning.

 

[Pinky]

I like "plain" foods that aren't smothered with sauce. I like to "taste" the food in its simplicity.
On the other hand, I enjoy some food in sauces, such as pasta.
Go figure!

 

[PamfromTx]

I have noticed that I dislike some of the food that I've always prepared for us. It's almost like it doesn't taste the same, very bland. Do we lose our ability to taste when we age? Even a chocolate cake hubby bought was tasteless. It's in the refrigerator minus two slices. We'll let our guinea pig eat it. lol

Guinea pig = stepson who loves chocolate cake.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I’ve lost interest in over the top foods and complicated recipes.

I prefer the basic home cooking that I grew up with.

 

[hollydolly]

Broccoli used to be delicious, now I can only eat it with lemon.

Other foods are bland. Nothing really has the zing it used to have.

Even my homemade chocolate cake was just so-so.

Today we went to a restaurant that has rave reviews. We won’t be returning.

I haven't lost any taste buds, but I have to admit I worry about other people, because often we'll go to a restaurant which has rave reviews, and I think 'really?.. people are enjoying this rubbish food ''?

 

[Pinky]

I find that the older I get, the plainer I prefer my food. Once upon a time, I was able to tolerate spicy foods, but find that I can't anymore.

 

[AnnieA]

I used to crave shrimp frequently but now go years without wanting it.

 

[Shero]

My taste buds have not changed, they still love chocolate

 

[Irwin]

I seemed to have lost my taste for fried foods and sugar, except in moderation. I prefer fresh vegetables and freshly baked bread. If I go out and try to eat some fried fish and French fries, I leave usually saying that I'm never going to eat that garbage again because of the way it makes me feel. Granted, I might feel differently if I was drinking, although I am drinking now and had a piece of birthday cake, but just a small sliver, and that was plenty. All that sugar and fried foods just doesn't do it for me any more.

 

[katlupe]

Yes, mine have changed. Foods that I used to love seem to be tasteless now.

 

[Paco Dennis]

Hal2000 "As we age, the number of taste buds that we have decreases. This usually begins to occur in our 40s if we're female or in our 50s if we're male. At the same time, our remaining taste buds also begin to shrink, or atrophy, and do not function as well."


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[timoc]

Have Your Taste Buds Changed With Age?​

I don't think mine have very much, it's just that the food producers are messing about with additives, some with chemicals that absorb water, the result being.....we are actually buying water. Another reason is that farmers are using fertilizers to make crops grow faster and bigger, which means that the crops are not absorbing natural nutrients from the soil.

 

[Fyrefox]

I would say that some foods taste less intense to me than they once did. This is good to the extent that I’m now able to eat some foods which earlier would have given me gastric distress…

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Nope, I still drown it in ketchup.

 

[JustBonee]

Yes, mine have changed. Foods that I used to love seem to be tasteless now.

I'm thinking that it isn't just our taste buds that have changed .... it's the food itself that is different. Bad quality stuff out there!

The foods you buy prepared are drowning in seasonings and spices.. to hide their blandness and poor quality.