I'm 5 months pot-op and meat Proteins beef, chicken, pork, fish: they all taste a little different now. My tolerance for them is low.
I do not enjoy them like I did pre-surgery. Not even a little. (I always had the "savory tooth" never a "sweet tooth")
Veggies, fruit and carbs don't have the same negative taste as meat. They seem to taste the same.
Water & Tea taste slightly different but not enough to change my habits or how i consume them.
To boil it down, I don't know if the food really does taste different. but i can attest that my tolerance for all food has changed.
I generally don't like the taste of food and still despise having to eat.
Maybe meat tastes different because I don't want to eat it?
I know when It's late and I still have Fluid to get in and I know i HAVE to drink - whatever it is I drink I end up having to choke it down.