How to get your sense of smell back:
- If you have partial or complete olfactory loss start smelling a number of different scents
- Use what you already own: things from your refrigerator or your makeup cabinet
- Sniff them attentionally and constantly, not passively
- Evidence for smell training programs is stronger than for alpha-lipoic acid
- Skip the expensive kits people are already selling for this
Olfaction is a use it or lose it system. Keeping those neurons electrically active maintains their connections, otherwise they die.
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