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I tried taking regular zinc + other vitamins before, during and after covid. Did nothing from what I can tell.

• Podgajski 3y ago
  Well if your loss of sense of smell went away after your first infection how can you say the zinc did nothing? You could say the zinc cured your sense of smell.
  • simondotau 3y ago
    He could also say the peanut butter sandwiches he eats in the morning cured his sense of smell. I mean they probably didn't, but there's as much evidence either way.
    • Podgajski 3y ago
      That is just ridiculous. There is a viable mechanism why zinc might have helped. You will not see the evidence if you do not look for it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7781367/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7781367/ There have also been multiple reports linking the loss of taste or smell to zinc deficiency, either due to chemotherapy and metal chelating agents [38–40], or due to nutritional deficiencies, especially in older populations [41,42], also caused by medical procedures such as dialysis [43]. As a result, zinc has been proposed in the treatment of taste disorders [44,45]; however, zinc supplementation for chemotherapy-induced loss of smell or taste, which is often transient, has not led to improvements in this condition
      • jamespo 3y ago
        Not much compelling data in that study
      • simondotau 3y ago
        Has anyone studied peanut butter? No?
        • defrost 3y ago
          Yes. NIST- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38016900 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38016900