Dementia Takes Away the Meaning of Flavours: Clues to Brain Basis for Abnormal Food Preferences

ScienceDaily (May 13, 2010) — Flavor is literally the spice of life and for many people life without the pleasures of the table would be unthinkable. Yet just this aspect of everyday life is vulnerable in certain degenerative dementias, with patients developing abnormal eating behaviors including changes in food preferences, faddism and pathological sweet tooth. Read full article...