Changing Tastes

QVCkitty1 · ‎05-23-2015

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 !

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PA Mom-mom · ‎05-27-2015

@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. ???

catter70 · ‎10-11-2017

Wish I had that problem. Love my sweets.

shoesnbags · ‎03-10-2010

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 · ‎11-15-2011

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

m0rgan · ‎09-30-2012

Not a good day till I have some sweets.

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

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.

spumoni99 · ‎02-16-2019

@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.

GingerHead · ‎03-10-2010

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.

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GenXmuse · ‎05-15-2016

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.