The smell and taste thing makes sense. Thanks y’all!
Anonymous 0
Comments
Pinch your nose with your fingers do you can‘t breathe through it. No eat something, it won‘t be anywhere as strong in flavor as normally. Smelling and tasting are linked, so if you have a cold/flu your nose is having a hard time smelling -> things taste different
Anonymous 0
Comments
Taste and smell are strongly linked, and having a cold or the flu usually leaves you with a stuffy head, inhibiting your sense of smell.
Anonymous 0
Comments
The nerve that supplies your sense of taste is also the one that is in the floor of your nose. So, when the inflammation and mucus hit….2 for 1 special lockout really.
Anonymous 0
Comments
Your mouth only distinguishes four or five flavors (salty, sweet, bitter …). Most of the subtlety of flavors is in your nose.
Anonymous 0
Comments
On a slightly related subject, I used to work in ENT but my memory is fading quite a bit. IIRC when a person has a total laryngectomy, they lose both their sense of taste, don’t they?
Latest Answers