Do you need your sense of smell to taste?

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asked May 18, 2019 in Other- Health by sherrycp60 (330 points)
Do you need your sense of smell to taste?

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answered May 18, 2019 by Jodie (35,100 points)
Losing your sense of smell can indeed alter your ability to taste certain foods so some foods you eat may not taste as good as they once did when you had a good sense of smell.

Your sense of smell does affect your taste but losing your sense of smell doesn't always completely cause a loss taste.

Most people who lose their sense of smell are still able to tell between salty, sweet, sour, and bitter.

But you do need your sense of smell to taste things correctly but you can still usually taste things even without your sense of smell.
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answered Dec 28, 2020 by Niko (18,430 points)
Your ability to taste things is linked to your ability to smell.

So when you lose your sense of smell then you can also lose your ability to taste things as well.

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