We can all get bitter

[El Presidente]

I think we can all go through periods where everything  tastes like crap. 

The study below sheds a light on how your body fights illness and the resultant effect on taste. 

You may not even feel sick .....but your bodies defence systems have kicked in.

It may not always be your storage or the cigar in hand that is causing that bitter sensation after all. 

 

If your spinach tastes especially bitter when you’re sick, a recent study by Philadelphia researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center says your immune system may be at fault.

The center confirmed to NBC10 that patients suffering from infections, diseases and autoimmune disorders are especially sensitive to bitter flavors.

Sick people tend to produce more of the regulatory protein tumor necrosis factor or TNF, which is released by the immune system to help fight off inflammation due to an illness or disease. The protein is also responsible for increasing sensitivity to taste, making food extra bitter and far less appetizing, according to researchers.

http://www.monell.org/news/news_releases/TNF_bitter_taste

[Guest Nekhyludov]

Interesting. I went through a period late last summer where, for two weeks, everything I smoked just tasted like an ashtray. No flavors at all. Now I wonder if an anti-inflammatory TH2 response might have been the culprit. 

[ponfed]

Ok startup idea.

Pinprick blood test for TNF that you use before pulling out your expensive Talisman or 15 year old Lusi. 

I'm setting up a kickstarter.

I need a catchy name though.

[OZCUBAN]

It kind of makes sense when we all from time to time go through the ‘FUNK’

a rational explanation certainly goes a long way to explain the inexplicable 

cheers Rob 

[El Presidente]

7 minutes ago, ponfed said:

Ok startup idea.

Pinprick blood test for TNF that you use before pulling out your expensive Talisman or 15 year old Lusi. 

I'm setting up a kickstarter.

I need a catchy name though.

Cigar Prick    

[PigFish]

Let me know what ailment affects the consumption of wine. I want to give it to my wife!!!

-the Pig

[Stogiepuffer]

Ok startup idea.
Pinprick blood test for TNF that you use before pulling out your expensive Talisman or 15 year old Lusi. 
I'm setting up a kickstarter.
I need a catchy name though.

Stick prick

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