How Have Your Taste Buds Changed?

I think my tastes have changed...not just my taste buds. I find that things I used to like, I don't so much. Things I didn't like, I do. Shows I used to think were hilarious are now a waste of time. Men, in real life as well as actors on tv, who I never would have given a second look I seem to find very actractive.

I used to not like tacos. When I was pregnant with #2, I couldn't get enough of them. I still love them now! In the last year I have started liking tomatoes in salads.

I heard someplace that your taste buds change every 7 years. Don't know if that's true or not, but yeah... I'd day that my taste buds have changed over the years.

I also wonder if it has something to do with hormones. When I was pregnant with my kids there were things that I absolutely could not eat. And it took awhile after they were born for me to be willing to try them again.

Growing up I couldn't stand avocados, sour cream, brussel sprouts, or spinach. Now I'm good with all of those (but only fresh spinach, I still can't stand cooked spinach).
I had a gastric sleeve done in July & since then I can't eat most tomato based pizza sauces but i can eat tomatoes. I also used to love pickles & now don't care for them as much.
I tell my kiddos all the time, "your taste buds change all the time! "
Fun question :-)

If it is true that your taste buds die off, thank goodness!! I can finally eat things now! I was so picky as a child but now I can actually eat a varied diet. Textures still get me, but not as bad. I still don't like raw tomatoes and I'm hesitant to try new sauces/dressings/dips their texture gives no cue as to what it is going to taste like so I don't like the surprise.

I had an extremely limited list of things I would eat as a young child. In fact, I remember going through a phase where I only ate fritos and cheese slices. My lucky mom had to put up with all this. I never ate salad until I was in college. I have only started eating raw tomatoes in tacos a few years ago and I'm 46! It has taken me over 4 decades, but I do eat a much more wide variety than I used to. This is not to say I am adventurous, though, because I'm really not. I still am limited in what I eat compared to all the normal people out there. One thing, though, is that I think I would die, for real, if I ever had to eat turkey lunch meat. To me, that is the worst of all because I ate some that was room temperature once and I thought it was so disgusting!

Mine definitely have.

I could NEVER eat cottage cheese. Even the thought made me gag. Now? Mmmmmmmm!

I also used to prefer sweet snacks, now I prefer salty.

And, unfortunately, I can no longer tolerate many of my favorite sweets from when I was a kid.

I've noticed that some things I used to eat with reckless abandon don't agree with me anymore.
Can't think of anything that my tastebuds have changed for.
Good question

I still don't sit down and eat a container of yogurt, but now I routinely put it in smoothies. Until 5 years ago, it tasted like poison. Still won't eat sour cream though.

I still won't eat steamed or creamed spinach (or any cooked leafy green) but I love it raw in a salad and will put chopped leaves on a pizza or flat bread.

I used to just tolerate mayonnaise but now appreciate it's subtle sweetness and use it as a sauce base in addition to a sandwich spread.

Still don't eat shellfish, but I now actually like white fish and tolerate salmon.

I LOVE brussels sprouts (especially sauteed with bacon...yum!)

I used to avoid beans like poison but now like a mix of them (chickpeas, kidney beans, lima beans etc.) in a salad.

I still don't eat mushrooms (taste like dirt), bleu cheese, ranch dressing, and olives of any sort.

Kind of. I think the only thing I really didn't like before and like now are avacodos. I LOVE them now...but before, nope. My kids eat literally everything though, way more than I do - they eat all of the seafood choices Jeff gets and they love it all...weirdos :).

I didn't like green peppers as a kid. Now I love them.

I seem to be getting MORE sensitive to spicy foods. I just can't eat things that others consider mild.

I keep hoping that my taste buds decide to like raw tomatoes, but they just won't cooperate. Every once in a while I try one (different kinds, too), but I just can't like them!

I just like bitter tastes more and more, the older I get. I love anything coffee flavored. I crave greens. I could not stand broccoli as a kid, but now I love it. I love spinach and cabbage now, too. OOh and brussels sprouts!

I like "strong" tastes a lot more now. Like really strong cheese. Maybe that is just what happens when you constantly are battling weight gain since you can get a lot of flavor from a small amount of something pungent :)

I'll be honest, there really is not any food that I will turn down or that I have grown out of. Although, I have not had sugared cereal in 10 years, I would bet. It sounds too sugary for me.

I've become less picky over the years. There used to be a whole host of foods I wouldn't touch or would actively pick out of a dish. Now, there really isn't anything that I couldn't tolerate for at least one meal. It's a big relief.

Mine have changed by becoming less sensitive so that I no longer taste many flavors or taste them in a mild way. Very disappointing.

I can't stomach the thought of eating those things which as a child I couldn't have enough of. These include ice cream, fast food, anything fried. Doesn't agree with me anymore.

Cest la vie.
F. B.

Very sweet sweets like chocolate are kind of overwhelming and unpleasant now.

I didn't start eating sweet potatoes until about ten years ago. The first few times I tried them I didn't care for them at all, but the taste grew on me and now I love them.

I used to love chocolate, but when I was pregnant I suddenly couldn't stand even the smell of it. I can tolerate small quantities of chocolate now, and I even crave it once a month, but I still don't like anything that is really chocolaty.

I like tomatoes now, hated them as a kid.

Most of my changes have been forced. I'm trying to eat better. Still don't like wheat bread but learning to tolerate it. I can eat most wheat pasta now.

The last two times I made brown rice, I didn't want to spit it out. That's an improvement. It usually tastes like I cut up the couch cushion.

I have changed to soft corn tortillas, instead of flour.

My whole palate changed when I moved to Texas. I eat much more Mexican now.

When I was little, Spaghetti was a forgeign food. ;)

I think mine have changed which is why I am very patient with my son and his more finicky eating.

I understand that a cultured palate takes time. Just like your friend, I hated avocados when I was young... loved them in my 20s and 30s.

My parents forced me to eat certain foods-- and despite how good those foods look, I have a gag reflex to deal with when I eat them even now. Making it halfway through a spinach salad, for example, is a huge victory for me, because I was forced to eat salad. Other foods I didn't care for as a kid- asparagus, onions, etc. I actually really enjoy. Because of dietary constraints as an older adult, some things I love I really can't eat, but I am glad that I had several years to enjoy those foods that we didn't eat regularly as a kid. Can't eat my childhood favorite, Kim Chi, any more, but also didn't grow up with sushi and love it. Many of the foods I ate as a youngster I don't care for now, just because they are either too sweet (cereals), too salty (ramen noodles, loved them) or just not nutritious. My mom came from the 'open a can and boil it to death' school of cooking; I tend more toward stir-fries or sauces and soups with lots of veggies.

I use to love green peppers but now my stomach gets acid when I eat them.
When I was a kid I loved loved loved Captain Crunch cereal.
I tried it a few years ago and thought it was the most disgusting stuff ever.
I never cared for rye bread growing up but now the rye pumpernickel swirl bread is one of my favorites.
I go through phases where I love chocolate and then I'm not so keen on it for awhile - I go back and forth between milk chocolate and dark chocolate.
Then again I use to hate Brussels sprouts and now I love them.
Several times I've switched from Coke to Pepsi and back again - right now I favor Coke - but I don't drink carbonated beverages very often these days.
I hated soups when I was a kid and now I love most of them.
I've never liked okra.
My husband loves peanuts but can not stand peanut butter.

Oh definitely, my taste buds have changed and foods that are available to me have also changed. Growing up in S Korea and Germany didn't have access to some of the things now. DD did a unit study on taste buds and yes they decay and die off etc. Pretty interesting reading :http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/taste_buds.html
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