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Much of what you perceive as taste is actually smell, so when you have a stuffed up nose and can't smell anything you only "taste" what your taste buds are sensing. In that state you're actually getting a pretty good indication of the sensations you receive from just your taste buds without the help of your sense of smell. I've actually heard it from people who have lost their sense of smell that they would rather have lost their sense of taste.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoNo, plugging your nose just stops you from being able to breath out of your nose. It does not effect your taste... those are tastebuds! :D
Actually it does. Your nose helps you differenciate the tastes because your tasebuds can only tast sour, sweet, salty, and bitter. Not all the others so yes if you plug your nose it will affect how you taste.
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∙ 13y agoYes. When plugging your nose, you can actually taste better. Let's say you tasted syrup with your nose plugged. Really, you can taste it much better than with your nose unplugged. When you taste syrup with your nose unplugged, you get a much stronger taste, so now it doesn't taste as good as it did, did it? If you were to test it much further, in fact, it would make a brilliant science fair project! But why would it be that way i think that you should improve this answer.
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∙ 14y agoyes, it does. some people say it does not have anything to do with it. but, i disagree with them. when you plug your nose, all the taste is gone. the tastes have to do with the smells. a cold is a very good example to this question.
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That is not a real answer, I will give you a better one. The sensory experience is realy a combination of taste and smell, so when you hold your nose you can't smell anything so your taste is cut off as well.
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∙ 14y agoYes,
What you smell is what you taste so lets say that you smell something foul and you breath in through your mouth your going to taste that foul smell and its going to trigger your nerve to smell and as well trigger your tear ducts so that it may produce the liquids necessary!
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∙ 13y agoSmell is roughly 70% of the taste experience. One can still taste with a clenched nose, but the effect is diminished.
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∙ 14y agopartially yes but you can still taste some of it
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What kind of food that if you eat while holding your nose doesn't taste the same when not holding your nose?
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Why can't i taste anything when i have a cold is it bad?
During a cold, a congested nose is one of the symptoms, which restricts air flow through your nasal canal (nose). Taste is a combination of your tongue and nose breathing in air in order to product a taste. Without breathing through your nose, taste is not possible. This is the same premise in which plugging your nose while eating something distasteful lowers the severity of it.
Can you taste better with your nose plugged or not plugged?
you can taste food, but it tastes bland. your nose helps you differenciate tastes. plugging your nose cuts off the oxygen going to your olfactory senses, which is a componet to being able to taste food.
Why you can't taste food when you have a bad cold?
Because the sensation of taste is closely tied to your sense of smell. The combination of your taste buds and the smell of food is what makes your brain recognize a taste. When you have a cold, your nose gets clogged and you can't smell as well as you normally can, so in your head, foods don't taste the same because you're not getting the normal amount of "taste information" from your nose" This is also why people hold their nose when eating something they don't like and why inhaling when you're eating spicy food makes them seem spicier.
Does your nose help you taste?
smell signals from the nose is taken to the brain. The flavor is then perceived by the brain and taste signal is sent to taste buds that are present on the tongue If we dont breathe, and try eating it is not possible for us to get the taste and no signal would be send to the brain.
what job do the nose?
The nose (nasal passages) help to filter the air. You also taste food with your nose. Try holding your nose while eating you won't be able to taste your food.
What job does the nose do?
It cleans the air that you breath in.And your mouth does not So you can smell, taste, breathe, and catch dust and bateria so it doesn't harm your body.
How can a head cold interfere with taste?
The same way holding your nose does! Your nose, smelling certain scents, triggers the brain to tell you what the food is supposed to taste like. If it doesn't know what it is then the taste of that object will be stronger at first because the mind is registering that taste for future use.
Does taste affect smelling?
you technically speaking taste with your nose you get senses like hot sweet and sour on your tongue , this is proven by having water and having an orange or anything strong tasting under your nose you should get a orange taste instead of a band taste.
Can you always distinguish smell from taste?
Most times, yes. The exception is by holding a pear slice up to your nose and eat a slice of apple. It will taste like pear.
Are there taste buds in your nose?
No, there are no taste buds in your nose.
How do you take medicine and not taste it?
You can try holding your nose and then taking it, if that doesn't work I think you'll just have to put up with it...
Can you sleep holding your nose?
No.
What kind of food that if you eat while holding your nose doesn't taste the same when not holding your nose?
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Why is it when you plug your nose and you are unable to taste anything?
The tongue relies on the nose's sences to function. When you plug your nose, this then causes you to not taste what you are eating due to the fact that your tongue cannot rely on the nose senses.
Why a person pinch her nose when taking a bitter drug?
Pinching your nose helps eliminate some of the taste. When eating or drinking something, people can "taste" the solution from their nose.
How does the working of your sense of smell affect your sense of taste?
Think about when you get a stuffy nose. When you lose your sense of smell it impairs your sense of taste.
