The Retraining of the Palate

Researchers at Harvard and elsewhere have documented a remarkable phenomenon. When patients eliminate processed sugar from their diets for just two to three weeks, their taste buds physically change. Foods they once craved — syrupy sodas, frosted pastries — begin to taste sickeningly sweet. Meanwhile, a simple strawberry becomes almost unbearably delicious. The palate hasn't just adjusted. It has been retrained.…