Note to all the people who claim things don't smell/taste like they used to
 

It's probably "you", not whatever food it is that you're criticizing.
http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com...nose.html#more

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Note to all the people who claim things don't smell/taste like they used to
 

On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:06:38 -0700, sf > wrote:

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>It's probably "you", not whatever food it is that you're criticizing.
>http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com...nose.html#more

Nort only that, but an attenuated send of smell/taste is normal with
normal aging too. Not just Alzheimer's disease. This is why often
elderly people may want to douse their foods with a lot of salt,
because they mistakenly believe it may hellp them taste the food
better, when actually it their own normal loss of sensitivity to the
flavors!

John Kuthe...

Note to all the people who claim things don't smell/taste like they used to
 

"sf" > wrote in message
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> It's probably "you", not whatever food it is that you're criticizing.
> http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com...nose.html#more

Yes! We are going through this with my dad. He seems to dislike most
anything now. Once in awhile we will find a food or drink that he likes.
Then we bring it again and he hates it.

Note to all the people who claim things don't smell/taste likethey used to
 

On Thursday, October 10, 2013 3:29:01 PM UTC-4, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:06:38 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>
>
> >
>
> >It's probably "you", not whatever food it is that you're criticizing.
>
> >http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com...nose.html#more
>
>
>
> Nort only that, but an attenuated send of smell/taste is normal with
>
> normal aging too. Not just Alzheimer's disease. This is why often
>
> elderly people may want to douse their foods with a lot of salt,
>
> because they mistakenly believe it may hellp them taste the food
>
> better, when actually it their own normal loss of sensitivity to the
>
> flavors!
>
>
>
> John Kuthe...

You are a total loser in the career department, but I do happen to know that you are reasonably literate. So I'll just assume this post was a result of you being drunk. Or stroking out.

Note to all the people who claim things don't smell/taste like they used to
 

On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:48:26 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

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>"sf" > wrote in message
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>> It's probably "you", not whatever food it is that you're criticizing.
>> http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com...nose.html#more
>
>Yes! We are going through this with my dad. He seems to dislike most
>anything now. Once in awhile we will find a food or drink that he likes.
>Then we bring it again and he hates it.

Has he been diagnosed with Alzheimer's?

John Kuthe...

Note to all the people who claim things don't smell/taste like they used to
 

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
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>> It's probably "you", not whatever food it is that you're criticizing.
>> http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com...nose.html#more
>
> Yes! We are going through this with my dad. He seems to dislike most
> anything now. Once in awhile we will find a food or drink that he likes.
> Then we bring it again and he hates it.

You just described your whole family.

Note to all the people who claim things don't smell/taste like they used to
 

"John Kuthe" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:48:26 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"sf" > wrote in message
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>>>
>>> It's probably "you", not whatever food it is that you're criticizing.
>>> http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com...nose.html#more
>>
>>Yes! We are going through this with my dad. He seems to dislike most
>>anything now. Once in awhile we will find a food or drink that he likes.
>>Then we bring it again and he hates it.
>
> Has he been diagnosed with Alzheimer's?

No and from what I've been told, they can't diagnose it. They can only tell
for sure after the person dies. Then they can look at the brain. He has
been diagnosed with dementia and it is at least in part from some strokes.

Note to all the people who claim things don't smell/taste like they used to
 

"Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> It's probably "you", not whatever food it is that you're criticizing.
>>> http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com...nose.html#more
>>
>> Yes! We are going through this with my dad. He seems to dislike most
>> anything now. Once in awhile we will find a food or drink that he likes.
>> Then we bring it again and he hates it.
>
> You just described your whole family.

No. But pretty much, my family only really likes stuff that is not healthy
food. And I won't bring that stuff home. Not in any quantity or on a
regular basis at any rate. Am currently going round and round with Mr. Gout
who declined his plate of potato salad, boiled eggs and soy bacon. He did
eat the parfait of chocolate and vanilla sugar free pudding with "lite"
cherry pie filling. Earlier in the day he had a sandwich and a plate of
chicken and mashed potatoes. I am trying not to feed him that which could
aggravate the gout attack which I suspect was brought on by the excessive
eating of beef and noodles. With him picking out most of the beef and
eating that.

The potato salad is quite good. I would personally prefer a little more
mustard and a lot more onion but I know if I put too much onion in,
daughter will balk. She liked it and said that the soy bacon was okay. At
least she ate it. She also ate a mixed tossed salad which I didn't give to
Mr. Gout because unless he asks specifically for a salad, he will bark at me
and tell him to bring him some real food.

I am just tired of his complaints about the pain. Yes, I know he is in
pain. And I would have sympathy if I thought he was doing all that he could
to avoid it. And yes, I know that if you have gout, you can't always avoid
a flare. But he won't take his medication until things get bad. And when
they are bad, he won't modify his diet except to eat fresh cherries which
you can't get at this time of year.

So now he has shot down my plan for only buying cheap food this week. Winco
was out of cherry fruit leather so I had to get dried cherries. Those
weren't so cheap. I also got some Hytop cherry toaster pastries, a box of
cherry hand pies, 3 cans of cherry pie filling and 3 cans of tart cherries
which I am hoping he will eat but he probably won't because the other things
I bought will look more appealing and they are not things I would normally
buy. I did get him to drink cherry juice though.

On the plus side, I did get some bargains and my cupboard is even more
stocked up, so that makes me happy.

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"Julie Bove" > wrote in
:

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> "John Kuthe" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:48:26 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
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>>>
>>>"sf" > wrote in message
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>>>>
>>>> It's probably "you", not whatever food it is that you're
>>>> criticizing.
>> Has he been diagnosed with Alzheimer's?
>
> No and from what I've been told, they can't diagnose it. They can
> only tell for sure after the person dies. Then they can look at the
> brain. He has been diagnosed with dementia and it is at least in part
> from some strokes.
>
>
Actually, Julie, while you're technically correct, there are a number of
methods neurologists use to get pretty close to certain that a patient
has Alzheimer's. And a PET scan that is accurate in diagnosing
Alzheimer's has been developed recently and is in limited use. But in
this case, if there have been strokes involved, it's probably a vascular
dementia.