How does holding your nose affect your taste?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

No, 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.

-Norman Bell MD

Answer 3

Yes. 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.

Answer 4

yes, 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.

Answer 5

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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.

Answer 6

Yes,

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!

Answer 7

Holding your nose can inhibit your ability to smell, which is closely linked to your sense of taste. When you hold your nose, you may find that flavors are duller or less distinct, as much of our perception of taste actually comes from our sense of smell.

Answer 8

Smell is roughly 70% of the taste experience. One can still taste with a clenched nose, but the effect is diminished.

Answer 9

partially yes but you can still taste some of it