[Selected risk factors of metabolic syndrome and disorders of taste perception]

The sense of taste, apart from the sense of smell and sight, is one of the most important senses that play crucial role in the transmission of information regarding the food and its usefulness for consumption. Alarming is an increasing number of people with the taste dysfunction. This kind of dysfunction is serious problem especially among the elderly that arise not only from unavoidable and natural processes of ageing but also from health problems and taken medications. Disturbances of taste perception influence on food preferences and may increase to a large extent the development of the metabolic-civilization diseases or even intensify them. Considering the increasing amount of people with metabolic syndrome and rising prevalence of taste disturbances, the current essay include the literature review regarding this subject. It must be underline that metabolic syndrome and taste perception disorders may decrease not only the quality of life but also have unbeneficial influence of health status.