Do your tastes change as you get older?

[Cuzzin]

I dont mean like drastically older. I know you lose your sense of taste as you get older. Im talking about for example all my life that I can remember I loved to eat crab legs and shrimp. But now Im 26 and I can barely eat a whole cluster of crab legs or some shrimp before im like nope cant do this. That certain iodine or I could be completely wrong the name of that chemical shellfish have. I cant stand the taste anymore. Anybody else have this happen?

[Deleted]

When I was little I hated leeks. Now they're okay. Ive always like pizza and rice pudding though so IDK.

[drwelfare]

I eat less hot stuff now, still love my salt and stuff though.
Less hot food may be due to hard times and having to eat the cheapest stuff I can get.

[Tyrgannus]

I no longer enjoy very sweet food and I definitely used to as a kid. Even the "sweets" I enjoy are quite salty, like peanut butter pie.

Other than veering away from sweets, I have always liked savory and spicy and probably always will

[Deleted]

I hear/see a lot of people saying that they started to somewhat dislike very sweet stuff etc. when they got older.
Personally, I can not relate to that. I still could coat myself in chocolate, live off it and be absolutely stoked.

[Cuzzin]

I have also started eating less sweets. Have no idea why but for me the "SWEET" part of cakes and candy etc..seem too intense now lol.

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But it was just weird cause a year or two ago me and my wife would devour some crab legs and now im like damn that taste is way too intense.

[Ciddy]

Some. Will turn 30 this year. I can name a few examples:

- Energy drinks. I used to drink them a lot in my teenage/college days. Can't stomach them now. I tried a Monster pretty recently and wanted to puke.

- Pepsi. Another thing I used to drink in college (was in fact usually my go-to drink in those days) that I just don't like now.

- I don't eat fast food as much as I used to. I'll still occasionally have a craving for a McDonald's cheeseburger or something, but those are rare now. There was a period in college where I ate lunch at KFC almost every day (there's a KFC right next to my college).

- Incredibly hot foods. I still like spicy foods, but Frank's Red Hot is about my limit when it comes to heat levels now. I don't go for the "a fucking nuke just went off inside my mouth" hot stuff anymore.

Most of the above were just tastes that changed and not for any sort of diet/health reasons. I've been extremely lucky in that area, and I can pretty much eat whatever I want whenever I want. Although I did start having a lot of problems with reflux and such as I got older, so that was one reason for cutting back on the really hot stuff.

[belfpala]

That certain iodine or I could be completely wrong the name of that chemical shellfish have. I cant stand the taste anymore. Anybody else have this happen?

It's an iodine or ammonia odor, yes. And that means you're not getting fresh shrimp.

My tastes have certainly changed. I eat far more fruit and vegetables than I used to. I can't finish a cheeseburger. No idea if that's about getting older.

[Miley]

I stopped eating hard stuff like popcorn seeds or lots of ice. Too much dental work. Gone are the days of being able to take a huge bite out of an ice cream cone with pain from the cold.

[drwelfare]

I stopped eating hard stuff like popcorn seeds or lots of ice. Too much dental work. Gone are the days of being able to take a huge bite out of an ice cream cone with pain from the cold.

I drink mostly with a straw now, and no hot marshmellows those put me on the ground once

[Independent voter]

Used to eat a lot of sweet stuff, don't like sweets now.

[Tziva]

I mean, between when I was a little kid and when I grew up? Sure.

As I grow older as an adult? Not really.

[Bodom]

I think how I view food has changed more than my sense of taste. I was extremely picky when I was a kid when it came to food, only eating white bread with the Norwegian equivalent of Nutella, only eating a few select things for dinner and only drinking water, Coke or chocolate milk. But as I grew older I realized I could teach myself to like new stuff, like drinking coffee or eating vegetables. Just expose yourself enough to new food and you'll learn to like everything.

I really don't like eating candy or cake, but thinking about it I really never did. Only chocolate which has always given me a stomach ache if I ate too much.

[dwightyo39]

I used to hate scotch whiskey. Now I enjoy it though I generally buy cheaper Canadian whiskeys.

[Gumboy]

Yes, I used to hate wine, red peppers, and mushrooms. Now I love all three

[Deleted]

appearently I loved potato salad back when I was very young.
Later I couldn't stand it anymore.

These days if I even look so much at a potato I turn my room into a gaseous hell because my stomach doesn't like them at all.

Oh, and I loved fish when I was younger, but when I was 11 or something, an episode with a fishbone in my throat made me hate them


Oh, and while I used to hate certain dishes my mum made, these days I love them

[Gumboy]

Oh, and I loved fish when I was younger, but when I was 11 or something, an episode with a fishbone in my throat made me hate them

That is like the worst feeling in the world, having a fish bone stuck in your throat

[belfpala]

That is like the worst feeling in the world, having a fish bone stuck in your throat

That's the fault of whoever cut the fish, not the fish itself.

[Gumboy]

That's the fault of whoever cut the fish, not the fish itself.

Yeah, learning to debone northerns properly was a huge milestone in my life

[Xiorin]

I would say they do. I use to love eggs and now I hardly eat them. Same goes for spicy stuff, I use to hate spicy food, now I can't get enough spice. Same with veggies, as a kid I hated broccoli, cauliflower, green beans.. now I LOVE them, raw and cooked. I still don't like cucumbers though but I love pickles.