4 Easy Ways to Improve Your Sense of Smell

Every single one of the five senses? This is especially true in the case of the sense of smell, which has recently come into focus during the COVID-19 pandemic as anosmia or the loss of sense of smell is counted among one of the symptoms of the viral infection. A 2019 study published in the journal Clinical Otolaryngology indicated that problems like partial loss of smell, smell distortion or dysfunction and smelling phantom smells are all issues that are common and on the rise. Work on your scent IQ: You don’t have to take sommelier classes or anything, but you can easily train your sense of smell to improve your scent IQ. Get vitamins: A vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to olfactory dysfunction and a partial or complete loss of smell.