Improving and strengthening the sense of smell through daily training
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Almost 5% of the population suffers from anosmia (a loss of the sense of smell) and around 15% have mild to moderately severe olfactory deficits. Just under a quarter of 50-year-olds and around a third of people in their 70s have olfactory deficits (hyposmia). In people older than 80, as many as one in two.
In concrete terms, this means that it becomes more difficult to smell whether the milk is sour or the food is spoilt or burnt. This can lead to dangers such as food poisoning, malnutrition or, in the worst case, accidents due to smoke and fire.
Urban Scents' Smelling Training was developed in collaboration with internationally recognised experts Professor Dr Thomas Hummel, Head of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Smelling and Tasting at the Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital in Dresden, and Professor Dr Caroline Huart from the Saint-Luc University Hospital in Brussels.
"The consequences of a limited or even complete loss of the sense of smell are serious," explains Prof Dr Thomas Hummel. "For example, those affected can no longer enjoy drinking and eating, as the tongue only perceives the five flavours sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami (spicy). This is because the exact determination of the flavours only takes place via the nose."
There are certainly measures that can be taken to improve the sense of smell, says Prof Dr Hummel: "You can train your sense of smell. And it could be that training leads to increased expression of existing olfactory receptors in some people or even allows new receptor neurones to develop."Regeneration is also possible in old age
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