What the nose knows
"Losing enjoyment of food and drink is a common complaint for people who lose their sense of smell. You can taste sweet, salty, bitter, sour and umami with your tongue. More complex flavours – like grapefruit or barbecued steak – depend on smell. But for Nick, as for many people who can’t smell, there’s another category of loss altogether."
Losing your sense of smell can fundamentally change the way you relate to other people.
Written by Emma Young, read by Kirsten Irving, produced by Barry J Gibb, edited by Geoff Marsh
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