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A Journey in Taste©
With
Paul Higgins, CEC
A www.senior-dining.com presentation
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Meet Paul Higgins, CEC
• A 40 year veteran of the Hospitality Industry• Cruise line, hotel, restaurant and private aviation
businesses• Entry level to President• Hotel and Restaurant Administration Degree• Certified Hotel Administrator• Certified Executive Chef• Former member Research Chefs Association
After Retirement……
• Returned into the kitchen• Learned about food service in assisted living and senior communities • Started research on dining habits of seniors
Frequent Comments
• It doesn’t taste the way I remember• I don’t like how it tastes• It’s not the way I fixed it at home• It’s too salty / not salty enough• When are you going to learn how to cook?
No two of us taste the same
• How our senses work• What effects our Taste?• I open my mouth, what happens?
How we taste
• When we are young we taste sweet and bitter using the front and back of the tongue
• Salt and sour taste develop as we grow• Average person has 10,0000 taste buds• The older we get the fewer taste buds we
have and we don’t taste evenly
We use all our senses
smell sight sound touch
Factors that effect taste
• Age• Medications Heart Kidney Respiratory• Over the counter• Diabetes• Illness• Dentures• Height/weight• Alcohol• Smoking• Dry mouth
• Ethnic background• Region of the country• Altitude• Dehydration• Allergies• Blood pressure/ cholesterol • Weather• Stress• Lack of sleep• Temperature of food• Everyday living
The Tongue Knows!
The taste test
Try for yourself…….
Touch the pretzel on the middle of the tongue.Can you taste the salt?
Touch the pretzel on the tip of your tongue. Can you taste the salt now?
Any Difference?
Now place the pretzel on the side of your tongue near the tip.
Can you taste the salt?
Let the pretzel dissolve in your mouth, notice the change in texture and taste.
What happened?
Most will have tasted it on the side near the tip.
Some may not have tasted it at all, others may find that it’s too salty.
Finding great taste!• The challenge is not only taste, but safe
food!! • Where does our food come from??• You know your doctor and your dentist, why
not know your farmer. • buy fresh, buy local.• Visit your farmers markets and community
gardens
A Journey in Taste is part of a continuing series
designed to help seniors understand how and why we taste and eat the way we do.
Developed and Presented by Paul Higgins, CEC
Please visit www.senior-dining.com to learn more
Technical and editorial support provided by: Those Young Boys Productions
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STERLING HOUSE331 18 Road
Newark, Ohio 43055
Presents
A Journey in TasteWith
Paul Higgins, CEC
3 PM Thursday, August 13, 2009An informative and entertaining session on
“How our taste changes as we age”
Please RSVP to Tami Owens 740-366-0005 or 740-973-0410
Senior Resource DayPresents
A Journey in Tastewith
Paul Higgins, CEC
11 AM Monday September 28, 2009
First Church of the Nazarene807 Coshocton Ave
Mount Vernon . Oh 43050
An informative and entertaining session On how our taste changes as we age
Presents
A Journey in Tastewith
Paul Higgins CEC
An informative and entertaining sessionOn how our taste changes as we age
www.senior-dining.com
The Ohio Eastern Star Home
The Ohio Eastern Star Home
Presents
A Journey in Tastewith
Paul Higgins CEC
An informative and entertaining sessionOn how our taste changes as we age
www.senior-dining.com
Fredericktown Senior Citizen Activity Center
Presents A Journey in Taste
withPaul Higgins, CEC
An informative and entertaining sessionOn how our taste changes as we age
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