Why do taste preferences change over time?

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From what I understand, people’s likes and dislikes change from when they are younger to when they are older. For example, when I was younger, I hated the taste of mustard. I thought that it was super bitter, but now I find that I put mustard on anything that I can. I can’t explain why because I don’t think I’ve sense an actual change in its taste. Similarly, my friend said that she could not stand the artificial “blue raspberry” flavor when she was growing up. However, now, blue raspberry is her favorite flavor when it comes to sweets.

Why do we have these changes in flavor preferences?

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I can’t think of anything I don’t like now that I did as a kid. Maybe slightly less capable of eating straight frosting, but mostly nothing has been excluded.

The amount of things I like now vs what I did as a kid though is probably not an exaggeration to use the term “order of magnitude.”

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