re: are your tastes changing

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> 1. Re: QUERY: Are Your Tastes Changing?

> Posted by: " Pat " drpatsant drpatsant

> Sat Mar 3, 2007 7:14 am ((PST))

>

> Hi Beth! You're right, I shouldn't have generalized - since it is a matter of

genetics after all.

> Some people are 'tasters', some not, some in between, and although it's a

given that the

> younger we are the more we are attracted to sweet tastes (babies and milk), it

doesn't

> mean that people can't develop tastes in defiance of statistics. As for your

situation,

> clearly neither of your kids has a problem with so-called bitter veggies (the

cruciferous

> ones such as broccoli and cauliflower, for example) - that's genetic

 

There's definitely a lot more variation in kids than we're led to

believe. My son, who's 3 and a half, currently loves spinach and

broccoli, Brussels sprouts. He'll eat the whole pot full if no one else

grabs any. And he'll drink black coffee if I let him. He also can wolf

down an ice cream cone in seconds. One of our housemate's boys could

care less about sweets, he takes one bite of dessert and leaves the

rest. One of her other boys craves the stuff. Me, I'm much more

interested in sweet foods than I was as a child. Perhaps we each follow

our own path.

 

Ken Walden

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Hi Ken You say

> My son, who's 3 and a half, currently loves spinach and

> broccoli, Brussels sprouts. He'll eat the whole pot full if no one else

> grabs any. And he'll drink black coffee if I let him. He also can wolf

> down an ice cream cone in seconds.

 

Uhuh - exactly. Doesn't taste anything tooooooo strongly. Genetic.

 

>One of our housemate's boys could

> care less about sweets, he takes one bite of dessert and leaves the

> rest.

 

And the opposite true of this person, I'd guess. Dessert tooooo sweet,

I'll bet, or just not attracted to sweet. Genetics, eh?! Oh sure, some is

learned ('It's an acquired taste' etc.)

But yes, there's a wider variance than we're led to believe

in kids. And in adults too, I guess. LOL We have to allow for these

variances in taste. No big deal.

 

Love, Pat