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Take
The Jellybean Challenge!
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The
Jelly Bean Challenge!
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You'll
need three strongly flavored jellybeans (cherry,
banana and coffee flavors work well).
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Close your eyes (so you won't know which flavor
you're eating), pinch your nostrils shut with
your fingers, and pop a jellybean into your
mouth. Chew it. Don't release your nostrils
until you're done eating the jellybean completely.
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With the second jellybean, do the same thing,
but release your nostrils after you've chewed
the jellybean a bit.
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With the third jellybean, don't close your
nostrils at all, just enjoy!
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What did you notice? When you aren't able to smell the jellybean,
you can't taste it at all—despite its strong flavor. When
you can smell it even a little bit, you can taste it a little
bit. It's no wonder that when we can't smell, our appetites
decrease!
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Munch
An Onion
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Here's
another quick experiment that shows how much the
sense of smell influences our ability to taste food.
Peel
and cut an onion in half; then cut a hard, crunchy
apple in half (remove core and seeds). Close eyes
or use a blindfold, then pinch nostrils shut and
take a bite of each while holding nostrils closed.
Until you release your nostrils, you probably won't
be able to tell the difference between the taste
of the two!
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