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Changing Tastes

QVCkitty1 — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 19:58:29 GMT

I have noticed as I get older that I'm somewhat turned off by overly sweet foods. I've always been more of a savory person, but I didn't dislike sweets. I find now that I scrape the frosting off desserts and recently I was offered a pumpkin donut ( my favorite) and it was sugared and I just didn't want it. Just give me a plain donut or a muffin and I'm good. Do any of you find certain foods changes as you get older ? Oh and no need to alert the media, LOL !

Re: Changing Tastes

PA Mom-mom — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:08:14 GMT

@QVCkitty1 Totally agree. I've also been more of a savory kind of person, but I have liked sweets in the past. I prefer pies over cakes, and I also scrape the thick icing off the cakes. Costco cakes are great, but that icing is sweeeeet! This has only intensified with my age. I never eat ice cream anymore, but I love plain yogurt. Maybe it's our bodies telling us what to do. ???

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catter70 — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:10:39 GMT

Wish I had that problem. Love my sweets.

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shoesnbags — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:15:24 GMT

Oh gee, I wish my love of sweets had toned down a bit with age, but not at all. Actually, I can't think of any of my taste preferences that have changed with age.

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Zhills — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:27:45 GMT

I have never been a 'sweets' person. The older I get the more I enjoy them...not real sweet,still, but more of them!

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m0rgan — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:29:24 GMT

Not a good day till I have some sweets.

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RedTop — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:40:03 GMT

I believe I could eat a dozen glazed donuts washed down with a gallon of Coke and never blink an eye, but the older I get, my sensitivity to salt has increased greatly. Ham, hot dogs and bacon are the foods I have the most trouble with.

Re: Changing Tastes

spumoni99 — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:43:31 GMT

@QVCkitty1 wrote:
I have noticed as I get older that I'm somewhat turned off by overly sweet foods. I've always been more of a savory person, but I didn't dislike sweets. I find now that I scrape the frosting off desserts and recently I was offered a pumpkin donut ( my favorite) and it was sugared and I just didn't want it. Just give me a plain donut or a muffin and I'm good. Do any of you find certain foods changes as you get older ? Oh and no need to alert the media, LOL !

Yes I have noticed the same thing, I bought some entenmann's pumpkin donuts but only ate one from the box.

Re: Changing Tastes

GingerHead — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:50:47 GMT

I was a big time sugar addict who (in my early 20's) used to commonly eat 2 Star Cunches (A little Debbies dessert of the past) with a cup of coffee with 6 tsps of sugar for breakfast and have loved sweets all my life.

Starting about 20 years ago, I became more educated on the damage sugar causes so I started limiting it then but in the last 10 and even more in the past 5 years I don't eat added sugar for the most part because I can literally feel it's ill effects on my body (joint stiffness, brain fog, restless sleep, rashes etc) so there's no doubts anymore and I'm no longer under any (delicious as they may be) illusions that having sweets daily is ok for me because my body barks at me now.....

All this to say on the rare occasions that I do eat desserts and really sugary treats (and I still do from time to time) I can only taste the sugar and no other flavor, so it's not as enjoyable.

Sugar seems to be like a drug and once you're in the middle of the addiction it takes more and more sweetness to get the effects of it and once you get out of it for awhile then go back and partake it's all you taste...and it's just too much.

Re: Changing Tastes

GenXmuse — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 21:04:44 GMT

My craving for sweets has definitely decreased over the years and this is a girl who could put away a family size bag of m&m's in a weekend. I prefer more savory foods with spice now.

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Sooner — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 21:07:49 GMT

I have always been the one who didn't really care for pecan pie, icing in gobs, and a lot of really sweet sweet things. But that being said I do like sweets.

But Coke not something sweeter, and now I am more into ginger ale than Coke. And I never could stand Divinity or fudge.

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Spacrazy — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 21:22:45 GMT

Sadly, everything seems to change with age ~ even our tastebuds (speaking for my self only)! I tend to think I'm being "punished" because I would discount my mothers change in taste but I know now I should have believed her Hahaha.

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Icegoddess — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 21:54:19 GMT

Not at all for me. I'll still go for the corner piece of a square cake since it has the most frosting on it. There are some things I find too sweet, like pecan pie, but that's been the same for many years.

I don't care for a sweet for a meal though, so I don't like all those sweet meal replacement diet bars/shakes. A meal should be savory even if you just want a snack. Then, I can have a piece of chocolate (dark only) for dessert.

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Carmie — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 23:05:43 GMT

I have avoided salt since childhood..hate the taste.

Also, most dairy. I don't like milk or cream. I don't remember drinking a glass of milk without gagging.

Sugar? I could eat it by the spoonful and used to when I was young.

I avoid most of it now. Sugar mixed with a fat like butter or cream cheese can be too rich and sweet..I avoid that too.

My tastes have not changed with age.

Re: Changing Tastes

Mombo1 — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:09:52 GMT

@QVCkitty1 wrote:
I have noticed as I get older that I'm somewhat turned off by overly sweet foods. I've always been more of a savory person, but I didn't dislike sweets. I find now that I scrape the frosting off desserts and recently I was offered a pumpkin donut ( my favorite) and it was sugared and I just didn't want it. Just give me a plain donut or a muffin and I'm good. Do any of you find certain foods changes as you get older ? Oh and no need to alert the media, LOL !

@QVCkitty1 Yes definitely. I can't tolerate certain meats. I only like fish, chicken or turkey in moderation. But any red meat is a turn off. Wish I could say the same for sweets. I can't go a single day without my 2 cookies...hmmm....maybe 3.

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cindyNC — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 03:36:08 GMT

@GingerHead Totally agree with you that sugar is like a drug. I would eat sweets and then crave salty snacks. Or the reverse.

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wilma — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 14:14:16 GMT

I loved sweets as a child, and I still love them in my 60s.

I love most candies, pastries, and desserts. I'm trying to cut back because I know too much sugar and fat isn't good for me. I'm not going to deprive myself completely though.

There are a few sweet things I loved as a child that I dislike now. I don't like sugary cereals, Little Debbie or Hostess snacks, or PopTarts anymore. Used to eat all those things as a child, teen, and young adult, but could never eat those now.

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ID2 — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 14:50:43 GMT

Oh my taste has definitely since menopause. I love everything spicy now ! the spicier the better! I love cottage cheese now. Hated it my whole life. I eat it every day now.

Re: Changing Tastes

Mombo1 — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 21:40:25 GMT

@wilma wrote:
I loved sweets as a child, and I still love them in my 60s.
I love most candies, pastries, and desserts. I'm trying to cut back because I know too much sugar and fat isn't good for me. I'm not going to deprive myself completely though.
There are a few sweet things I loved as a child that I dislike now. I don't like sugary cereals, Little Debbie or Hostess snacks, or PopTarts anymore. Used to eat all those things as a child, teen, and young adult, but could never eat those now.

@wilma I agree with those items you mentioned. I never really liked Little Debbie or Hostess snacks as a kid...but... I used to take a pop tart to work for a quick snack...that ended when I retired. I guess our taste changes as we get older. Now all I need is an occasional mini peppermint patty or a cookie (or two) and I'm happy.

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Regal Bee — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 22:04:56 GMT

I used to love sodas, especially Cokes....I never touch them now and haven't for at least 10 years....awful!

I love sweets but nothing overly sweet...I could eat a dessert in the middle of the night.

I eat very little dairy and not a huge meat lover. Veggies are my favorites.