April 6, 2020
As seniors age, taste buds are lost or desensitized, and salty and sweet tend to be the first tastes that are affected. Not only do seniors have fewer tastebuds, the ones they do have are less sensitive. At the same time as taste, the sense of smell, which contributes to taste, declines.
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