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How Good is Your
Sense of Taste?
By Dion Kramer
our sense of taste is unique, it is like no other. Every single
person has a different sense of taste depending on their
Yspecific taste buds. Your taste buds reside on your tongue
and the roof of your mouth. When you eat or drink, these cells
send messages to your brain about how the food tastes. Overall,
your taste buds recognize four basic kinds of tastes: sweet, salty,
sour and bitter.
Out of all the five senses, your taste is the weakest sense. Your
taste buds can change over time and can deteriorate, depending
on whether you are a smoker, taking specific medications that
affect your taste, or not getting enough vitamins.
If you’re looking to see how good your sense of taste is, ask
yourself the following questions:
1. Has your sense of smell deteriorated over time or
gotten better?
Your sense of smell is strongly associated with your sense of
taste, so if your sense of smell has changed, your sense of
taste will most likely change too.
2. Are you a smoker?
Smoking can affect your taste buds and in turn,
affect your ability to taste foods.
3. Do you take medication with any side-effects that
affect your taste buds?
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