Posted by joe schmoe on April 6, 2013, at 12:59:44
In reply to Re: zinc challenge test and taste » Phillipa, posted by joe schmoe on April 6, 2013, at 12:42:11
I should mention I found a blurb from Dr. Oz about zinc
http://www.oprah.com/own-ask-oprahs-all-stars/Ask-Oprahs-All-Stars-Is-This-Normal_1/9
Portions I found interesting:
"There are a couple of things that cause loss of taste. One of them is zinc deficiency, and so I want you to start taking thirty milligrams zinc lozenges. I give this to all my patients who I operate on because after heart surgery a lot of people lose their sense of taste."
I had a surgery a few months ago, shortly before losing sense of taste.
"There's no treatment except for the zinc that I mentioned to you. Zinc deficiency - you need zinc to be able to turn on the taste buds so please try that and please give it six weeks it takes a while to restore those levels."
There it is from a doctor - it takes quite a while to get your taste back from taking zinc supplements, so give it a good long try.
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