[header] How to dull your taste buds [title] Plug your nostrils. [step] Your taste buds only recognize five tastes: sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and savory (" umami "). The rest is in the nose.
[header] How to dull your taste buds [title] Plug your nostrils. [step] Your taste buds only recognize five tastes: sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and savory (" umami "). The rest is in the nose.
So, you can no longer smell these flavors. Simply plug your nostrils with an absorbent paper towel and look out the window. If you can avoid smelling the food, you'll avoid a large part of the flavor. Pinch your nose as you eat or drink anything to neutralize a significant portion of the taste involved. Open a window or turn on the lights if you have to. If your nose is constantly sensitive to the smell of certain foods or flavors, try using an anti-inflammatory nasal spray to reduce your sensitivity. This means that if you think one bad smell gets to you, it is farther away from you than other smells. [substeps] Instead of popping the buds out of your nostrils, put one in each nostril.