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In case that wasn’t rhetorical, AFAIK smoking is known to dull one’s sense of taste. I would imagine smokers to be less picky eaters and drinkers for this reaso
by pwdisswordfish0 4y ago
In case that wasn’t rhetorical, AFAIK smoking is known to dull one’s sense of taste. I would imagine smokers to be less picky eaters and drinkers for this reason as well.
- Mo3 4y agoIt surely is, but I believe it has less to do with sense of taste. There's a very weird, intangible correlation between smoking (and afaik, drinking) and favouring salty food. Not as in, a little bit saltier just to taste it, but actually salty. There's a few studies around with inconclusive results but they usually always reach the conclusion that salt/sodium intake is dramatically higher in smokers and/or drinkers, but no further conclusions as to which other factors come into play besides nicotine reducing the ion current mediated by the epithelial sodium channel. Although, admittedly, I didn't look further since because I stopped smoking anyway.