Tasteless
The Naked Scientists Podcast
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Smell and Taste Can Be Affected by a Diverse Range of Conditions
Our nose does some of the really heavy lifting when it comes to exploring flavor. Head injuries, menta and even cemetherapy treatments can result in a lasting alteration to our sense of smell. People recovering from smell loss have a week or two where they think the senseof smellis restored but then develop parosmia. Parosmia is the distortion of familiar smells, so that things liked, like coffee or chocolate, now become disgusting. By finding out which foods are really unpleasant, we learn which are the trigger foods and which are the safe foods.
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