Sniffing Out the Cause of Smell Loss
Chasing Life
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Smells Like a Cheeseburgher
Sekina Benjamin spent months with a warped sense of smell. She drastically changed her diet, steering away from all her favorite comfort foods. One day she learned about a technique to essentially reteach herself to smell by sniffing odors that used to smell familiar to her. It's unclear if the time sakina spent practising smelling actually improved her symptoms,. But we do know this, based on existing research, some doctors are recommending a similar technique to their patients using both smell and memory.
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