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Why do our tastes change as we get older?

Apr 28, 2025
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INSIGHT

Children's Taste Preferences

  • Children typically prefer sweet and salty tastes due to evolutionary reasons.
  • Sweet tastes signal energy-rich foods, while bitterness often indicates toxic substances.
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Taste Buds and Hypersensitivity

  • Children have about 10,000 taste buds, twice as many as adults, causing hypersensitivity to taste.
  • This sensitivity decreases during teenage years, shifting taste preferences to more complex flavors.
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Evolving Flavor Perception

  • Our brain perceives flavors differently as we age and accumulate taste experiences.
  • Taste buds located throughout the mouth respond to sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami tastes.
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