Does your taste for food change forever post op?

[JacksonJ 7]

I've tried a few things I used to absolutely love prior to surgery and now I find them disgusting. Not that this is a bad thing because I should defiantly stay away from some of these things, but will those taste stay the same or will my original taste buds come back months after surgery?

[Kbee 8]

Yes yes yes! Pre op I was the queen of bland. Now all I want is spicy, chilly, pepper fuelled foods! It's totally bizarre. Also, I usually enjoy sweets but because of the liquid diet I have been completely off sugar. Today I tried the tiniest piece of plum pudding and it was revoltingly sweet. I believe that's common after detoxing from sugar. It's really interesting observing the changes! Good luck with your journey.

[mistysj 1,940]

The tolerance for sweet tastes is almost always reduced after surgery. Things just taste too sweet. That does tend to ease off a bit with time but not for everyone. That's why you shouldn't stock up on Protein shakes you like pre-op because there is a huge chance they will be too sweet after.

Fatty foods can make you feel sick post-op so people with that reaction may lose the taste for those foods,whether fried ones or things like ice cream.

Lots of us find that we start to really enjoy vegetables and we really like non-fatty seasonings like chillies, exotic kinds of salts and fresh herbs. We branch out and get more creative with how we prepare foods. We can realize that some foods give us energy and make us feel great so we can start to gravitate toward them.

Some foods fill us up too quickly or hurt our sleeves and we will generally learn our lesson and tend not to have those foods often. For me, one such food is French fries. I can't eat enough of them to feel the emotional satisfaction so I usually don't start.

Edited December 25, 2013 by mistysj