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Originally Posted by Villages PL
A long time ago I mentioned on this board that we tend to lose our sense of taste as we get older. That's because someone said, "health food consists of items like birds nest, tofu and cardboard."
Evidently, a study was done on this subject and I now have the result.
Average number of taste buds remaining at 75: 36%
This may partly explain why people in their 70s suffer rapidly declining health. Healthy whole foods don't taste good to them while fast food tastes great.
I myself haven't noticed any decline in my sense of taste. I continue to eat natural whole foods and seldom add any salt. I never buy any groceries with added sweetener. Fats in my diet come mostly from nuts.
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Most all of my friends in their seventies and eighties and nineties are in pretty good health. I have one friend in his eighties who is a dragon boat team member. One in her 90's plays very good golf every week with us, Another fellow who will be 80 this coming May runs five miles every day and his wife does ballet and jazz and clogging three times a week.
They all have dined on pie at my house.