Smoking believed to affect taste buds.

Aug 23, 2009 – Does smoking affect the ability to taste is perhaps one of the most common questions we receive during our seminars. Well, its now been confirmed – sorry smokers.

According to researchers at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, who conducted a study on 63 subjects, found that 85% of those who smoked performed worse on taste tests than the non-smoking control panel. Read More below….

In addition, these subjects also showed taste buds with a flatter shape and significantly less blood supply than those of the non-smoking control panel. For those who rely on their ability to taste for their profession – wine connoisseur, coffee cuppers, etc – this impairment can have detrimental consequences.

Recently, one Master Cupper in the UK took out a insurance policy worth $15.2 million dollars to protect his most precious asset – his tongue. 

To many, their is a common misconception that spicy foods destroy taste buds, but the claim has always been disproven. In our research, their is one sure fire way to destroy taste buds – no, not expoure to Jalapenos, but rather exposure to high temperature liquids!!

Thats right, exposure to hot/scalding liquids is a sure way to destroy taste buds on your tongue. Ever notice how tongue does just doesn’t feel right after you’ve sipped that 200F cup of tea/coffee?

But one needs not to worry, since these taste buds typically regenerate within 10-20 days of damage.

Now, we can add smoking to the list…

Smokers beware! 

Source: coffeechemistry.com