Pickles by Brian Crane for April 21, 2022

Brain Cells without question Earl. Not that you had all that many to begin with.

The nerves in the taste system actually regenerate better than any other part of the nervous system.

Peter Griffin on the other hand when it comes to lost brain cells…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx_AocogrJQ

At least you won’t remember if it tastes bad

I think I’m beginning to like brussels sprouts. I used to hate them. I must be getting real old.

OK, brain cells, taste buds and hair … not necessarily in that order.

I’m with Earl on this one.

Maybe you are eating one and losing the other.

Well Earl also add hair cells to your list of lost items ;-)

Brain buds and taste cells!

I guess we can only hope we lose them at about an equal rate, so we won’t notice the horrible food.

My Dad spent his last five years in a residence for those with Alzheimer’s … he’d been getting it for quite a while, but then it got impossible to handle.

At some point I realised they were telling me he was enjoying some foods I knew he’d always hated…

“Oh, we had Chinese food last night (inauthentic Americanised senior residence version) and he loved it!”

There was a time he would have thrown it at them… but I think he couldn’t taste it and didn’t remember what it was.

 

But he hated vegetables, and DID remember what THEY looked like.

He was diabetic, and always complaining cos he wasn’t allowed sweets, so I tried telling him his green beans were chocolate…

He wasn’t buying it.

 

In fact he decided the dietetic canned fruit they gave him for dessert was really vegetables, and refused to eat any, even though he’d always loved it.

Luckily, though, he loved to eat everything else…

They had to change his dinner seating cos he quickly cleaned his own plate, then started on his table mates’ meals.

I don’t know Earl. Opal says all your taste is in your mouth when it comes to dressing up!

I think it’s going to be a photo finish, Earl!

I know the fight…..

The memory is the second thing to go, and I don’t remember what the first is.

Brain buds go first.

your taste buds are connected to the brain.

I’m losing Brain Cells faster.

My taste cells or my brain buds.

Your sight doesn’t stay as good either. Getting old is not easy or for sissies. But we get there if we’re lucky.

You shouldn’t ask such loaded questions.

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Well, at least he is safe from brain eating Zombies. I know that was a tasteless comment.

Ageist.

I had a comment here, but by now I’ve forgotten it????

I’m not gonna touch THAT one..!!!!

The moment we’re born, the process of dying begins…so Yeah, Earl, you’re on a roll…..

I, for one, have my brain cells down to a manageable level. Probably due to beer consumption earlier in life.

It could be that grandpa is taking some weird pills like Frank from Everybody Loves Raymond.

What? Let me adjust my hearing aid.

If you know you’re losing your taste then your brain cells are still doing ok

It’s from the covid vaccines. No taste, no smell, no nothing…but you still get covid.

His sit down on his bum cells are still in their usual working order.

where did you see them last? re-trace you steps and maybe you’ll find them!

That’s just as well. The better food tastes, the worse it is for you. Eat what tastes good and you don’t get to grow old. That’s the trade-off. So the secret to a long and happy life is to make sure to take your greatest pleasures in things other than eating.

you must be a Michigan person

Be thankful all your losses are just in your head.

Too bad there is no conservation of buds like conservation of energy.

Save what you use most.

It’s a close race!

Your hair.

https://www.reddit.com/r/keto/comments/8gtzke/taste_buds_and_habits_change_on_keto_reassurance/

Yes, they are not all that you lose.

Yep!

That depends if you are in politics or not.

Or maybe your hair.

This comic strip keeps reminding me of how old I am and what lies ahead ;-)

Not much hair left to lose.

My taste stated changing before senior years hit, oh still do not like brussels sprouts, yet cannot handle vinegar, allergic to chocolate that part bothers me, and no fried food keep from it.

New brain cells are being formed all the time, even in older people. The trick is getting them to wire up properly. This is done by exercising your memory, as well as learning new things.

Hard to tell what will go first. . .

Taste buds or brain cells… There’s no comparison its hair follicles!!!