The so-called Tasty Spoon is meant to give dementia sufferers a better quality of life by enhancing the flavours so they rediscover the joy of eating, which in turn could make them healthier.
A man who revealed how he has only eaten toast for the past five years as he can no longer taste things has helped inspire a high-tech spoon which enhances flavours for dementia sufferers. The device, known as Tasty Spoon, looks like a normal one but it uses electrostimulation to enhance the flavour of foods for patients experiencing a loss of taste.
'This is especially prevalent in patients who live alone or in public care homes with more generalised nutrition,' he said. 'In a heartfelt disclosure, an individual shared that he only ate toast for the past five years, as to him there's no difference between toast and a regular Sunday roast.' There are about 944,000 people in the UK with dementia, with one in 11 over the age of 65 suffering from the disease.
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