Taste and Smell in Disease

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Taste, Smell, and Food IntakeTaste and smell have a potent role in the control of intake, although the relation is not a simple one. It is clear that the ability to identify sodium chloride properly by taste in order to correct a salt deficiency is innate; however, preferences for specific foods containing other basic nutrients, including other minerals, appear to be learned through the association of taste with a state of need.100 In addition to sodium chloride, specific appetites have been reported for thiamine, calcium, potassium, and sugar in response to nutritional and metabolic imbalances. Overall, taste and smell . . .