Impaired Taste Analysis

The five senses are the important, but some people take them for granted. If I had to choose one to live without I'd choose taste. In 2005, Duncan Boak lost his sense of smell after a brain injury. Since smell and taste are closely linked his taste was impacted as well. "It's so hard to explain but losing your sense of smell leaves you feeling like a spectator in your own life, as if you're watching from behind a pane of glass, it makes you feel not fully immersed in the world around you and it sucks away a lot of the color of life. It's isolating and lonely." Boak tells BBC News. Based on this you can gather a lot of information about what it is like to live without tasting or smelling most of anything. Imagine living a life constantly tasting something bad or not tasting anything at all. It's hard to believe that some people in the world live with this problem. Though there are many daily struggles you can still live a life with impaired taste. There are a few pros of having impaired taste. One is not having to worry about bad cooking if you're a picky eater. Another one is that you can live without tasting anything easily compared to being …show more content…
One is the type of taste impairment. There are two types of impaired taste. One is Dysgeusia which is a condition where the person tastes foul, rancid, salt, or metallic tastes. The other one is Ageusia which is the inability to detect any tastes. Another con is not being able to detect dangerous types of food like poisoned or expired food. Since smell and taste are closely linked, if your sense of taste dulls then your sense of smell might be impacted as well. The last con is unhealthy eating. People with impaired taste often get tired of tasting nasty stuff or tasting nothing at all. Because of this they sometimes try to binge on food for strong tastes which could lead to unhealthy eating. Though there are many cons of having impaired taste you can still live with