A friend of mine just emailed me the following YouTube video titled “Smelling Keeps You Happy”…
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A friend of mine just emailed me the following YouTube video titled “Smelling Keeps You Happy”…
I know the last think you want to read is an explanation about why this site has been so inactive lately, but…
>I hear about a lot of strange things here at NeverSmell, but this one is just plain cool. Scientists recently discovered taste buds on lungs!
Any anosmic has probably had to explain to variety of people (usually olfies) at some point why they can taste but not smell. Well here’s some new information that’ll be equally fun to share at parties or around the office cooler:
>Well my Google Alerts for “anosmia” and “loss of smell” are once again going nuts as the media joins the Zicam-bashing bandwagon with the release of a new study following 25 patients and the use of homeopathic nasal zinc therapies…
>I have a coworker who occasionally brings her pet sugar glider, Lulu, to work (I work at a pretty cool company). Back when I was pregnant one of the few things that I could keep down despite all the nausea was a peanut butter sandwich…
>The other day I fixed one of my favorite (and therefore fattening) pasta dishes: garlic alfredo chicken. Now, I have to admit that garlic is one flavor that I can’t exactly smell or taste, but eat anyway for its supposed health benefits (that and the rest of the family seems to enjoy a lot of garlic). As a breastfeeding and anosmic mom, I was curious what effect, if any, this would have on my breast milk…
>Kellogg recently (and voluntarily) recalled select batches of Fruit Loops, Honey Smacks, Apple Jacks, and Corn Pops due to a reported “off” smell and taste from the package’s inner lining…
>It’s been a while since I’ve blogged here mainly due to two major life changes: (1) we had a baby, and (2) we bought a house.
And in that time frame I’ve encountered many a topic to blog about here at NeverSmell…all relating to smells or not smelling (and with a newborn…you can imagine!). Today’s topic will hopefully begin a series of topics around how an anosmic discovers when something goes bad (since we can’t smell when something goes bad), a blog series inspired by cleaning out my fridge before moving to a new house.
And so…
Heather Ackmann was born without a sense of smell (congenital anosmia) and constantly finds herself explaining all kinds of strange things to strangers, like eating habits, whether she uses deodorant, and whether she can "smell this." She built this website for the curious who are afraid to ask, and for the afflicted who love to share. You can read more about me here