01/27/2009: Candy from Fort Madison, IA replies: "this is for Prentiss Belton who wrote about his loss of smell. you might try supplementing with zinc. i've read that it helps with that."

12/28/2009: Larry from Austin, Tx replies: "Reading the remedies for anosmia was disappointing at best. A couple people said use zinc. Another says, too much zinc can cause loss of smell. Aonther says sugar may damage the nerves and cause the problem but aspartame is worse.

"The best remedy for lack of smell or anosmia is L-Carnosine." Since when? And heavy metals cause loss of smell. Where do these people get this stuff?

Some say use this or that or the other thing but not one says anyone actually got results from these chemicals or potions.

This is all just people's opinions and very mis or poorly informed opinions. What good does this do for the person who has anosmia.

This is not helpful at all for people who suffer from anosmia. All it does is promote people trying goofy and quite possibly dangerous things in desparation with nothing good coming from it.

Sorry to say but this site was a waste of time to find any help with anosmia.

Larry
Austin, TX"

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EC: Hi Olisa,

You might want to call the gas company and have them come check the house as soon as possible just to be sure. Some lawn fertilizers also smell like natural gas after application.

11/21/2011: Michael from Philadelphia, Pa, Usa replies: "I have a similar type thing. I do not think it is from the outside. Seems to be a "sensation" inside my nasal cavity. Sometimes it is stronger than others. I do not have gas in my house and the "sensation" goes everywhere with me."

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Ted from Bangkok,Thailand replies: "Your conditions of not being able to smell anything is called Anosmia. Anosmia is a condition where you cannot detect smells. I believe this is caused by a zinc deficiency. For the body to best respond to zinc, I suggest you take zinc acetate (without the calcium carbonate and tricalcium phosphate fillers), vitamin b6 and magnesium. These three seems to work in synergy."

05/24/2008: Murthy from Hyderabad, INDIA replies: "For Lack / Less of Smell Sense
Pl clarify:
Zinc Acetate - Powder?
Vitamin B6 - "Riboflavin" - Strip?
Magnesium - Which Form / Compound - Powder?
DOSAGE per day?"

05/31/2008: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "The best remedy for lack of smell or anosmia is L-Carnosine. The condition is often due to excess heavy metals in the neural system, lack of vitamin B complex and excess toxins which causes loss of smell.

The remedy that I would likely to use is 500 mg of L-Carnosine usually twice or three times a day. Some cilantro or coriander taken once every two days, usually of a small amounts such as one- three tablepoonful, and B50 taken once every other day. Magnesium is synergistic, where magnesium citrate or magnesium gluconate maybe helpful.

Certain foods that should be avoided that kill the nerves includes aspartame, sugar, and avoiding paints, thinner and moldy environment. Sometimes the toxicity of chemical toxins may be neutralize includes 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water twice a day.

To be correct, riboflavin is vitamin B2, vitamin B6 is pyridoxine. The zinc is not used. If fungus, moldy or allergy is indicated, the common remedy is 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water taken twice a day to reduce the allergy and fungus problem that induces anosmia or loss of smell.

Sugar may damage the nerves but not as dangerous as aspartame, sweet n low, or diet products. Lack of balance in dietary fats are often common cause too, so I would likely take fish oils, which are high in omega 3 once a day. Granulated lecithin also helps reduced some excess heavy metals as it reduces free metals due to their hydrophopic fat soluble properties, of which granulated lecithin is soluble. The dose I would use is one tablespoon a day, often on an empty stomach.

As to the magnesium it is synergistic with the vitamin B complex, especially B6. Excessive zinc can also cause anosmia (loss of smell) and hence chelation therapies such as cilantro, fish oil, and lecithin is helpful. While l-glutathione is not a chelation it does detoxify to help recovery of neural degenerative disorders and I might take these 500 mg twice or three times a day, usually 5 days out of a week.

Quite often in certain parts of India, high levels of arsenic (usually north part) and certain regions of India, is high in fluoride, which causes neurodegenerative disorder. Fluoride increases absorption of free metal toxicity, such as aluminum, and possibly, free metal zinc, etc. causing neural damages. The demyelination of aspartame, monosodium glutamate as also causes in which avoiding these is most helpful. The lecithin can help myelination which protects neural damages and some neural transmitter supplements of vitamin B complex, but also certain amino acids that increases serotonin such as L-tryptophan maybe helpful. To further protect more damages, the use of dechlorinator in drinking water is best in reducing the inflammation of the nerves and tissues which deaden the sense of smell. Woman especially the sense of smell swings greatly depending on their menstration period, which are often linked to hormonal changes. Reduction in toxic effect of fluoride as well as
more normal hormonal levels, is the use of borons supplements. The boron I prefer is borax, such as 1/8 teaspoon of borax dissolved in one liter of drinking water, perhaps once every two or three days, assuming I don't know the level of fluoride in drinking water.

The constant source of free heavy metals is usually from defected water faucet and water filtering devices. A change of old water faucets, old metal pipe fittings, old water filters, is especially helpful as the prime source of heavy metals come from that. Interestingly, I have found out heavy metals also come from vegetables and flour due to fertilizers high in heavy metals. but people without a way to check heavy metals are pretty much blind by the level of toxicity from metals going on which leads to Alzheimer, lupus, Parkinson's disease and even Multiple Sclerosis. Sometimes a mild condition starts with concentration problems, anosmia, for example. Wheat products and excess oils used in cooking products are also a problem because they are acid forming and oils used in cooking products sop up heavy metals during cooking when one uses metal frying pans, and other metalic cooking utensils. Even the excessive use of cellular phones can cook the brains as it is microwave
radiation, destroying nerve cells. For example when I do use cellular phones, I often used it on a handsfree mode.

This is the updated remedy."

01/02/2012: Bea from Kc, Mo replies: "Will to be in doc. Lost my sense of smell and taste. Very dangerous, can't tell if something is burning until the smoke and/or alarm goes off. can't tell if food is bad until I get sick."

02/16/2012: Rhonda from Watertown, Ny, Usa replies: "I lost my sense of smell & taste almost a year and a half ago. I had a head injury where I had broken my jaws and when the wires were removed I was physically sick every day for 3 weeks until they finally hospitalized me. During this time I lost both my smell and taste & vertigo set in.

I read, on the net, that if you swab your nose with castor oil, a thin coating, it will help & it has! I can't smell in full or properly, but it's there & that is HUGE for me!! I don't do it everyday, nor every week or month, but plan to do it more often now that I've realized just helpful this is.

Unfortunately, I cannot find that article that made the suggestion.

Since I use such a small amount of castor oil I'd think there is no risk or harm involved, but I am not a doctor and if anyone reads this and finds that statement to be inaccurate, I'd like to know."

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