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Makes a lot of sense. People talk about tasting the air. I've always kind of felt like fully inhaling stuff through the mouth gives you more than just the smel
by forensic 16y ago
Makes a lot of sense. People talk about tasting the air.
I've always kind of felt like fully inhaling stuff through the mouth gives you more than just the smell. This was always just a very subjective experience though.
- AngryParsley 16y agoFrom the article: The researchers say that in the lung, the taste receptors are not clustered in buds and do not send signals to the brain, yet they respond to substances that have a bitter taste. The bitter-sensing cells in your lungs aren't connected to the brain, so you can't get any sensory information from them. They just cause passageways in the lungs to dilate.
- forensic 16y agoI did read that. My thought was that, if your lungs have bitterness receptors and you experience physiological change based on them, then inhaling certain kinds of air that lack the bitterness may flush out the bitter taste and produce physiological change that corresponds to a lack of bitterness. It's hard to separate out the effects of oxygenation and heat and focusing on the specific point when the air enters your lungs though. So yeah I'm being unscientific.
- Groxx 16y agoMost of taste comes through your sense of smell, so yeah. And most of that comes through your nose, some of which is guaranteed to leak back up and improve your sense of taste. Interesting that it's partially your lungs too, though.