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Now, I've done several videos related to why someone might have a loss of smell, the

underlying cause, whether it's related to a virus or some other cause, I have some new

information I want to share with you on restoring your sense of smell.

Now, in some recent research that I've been looking at, there's some interesting data

on insulin.

Insulin is needed to repair the olfactory neurons, okay?

Now what you need to know is the olfactory neurons have everything to do with your receptors

for smell, which, if damaged, can majorly affect your ability to taste, by like a factor

of 80%.

So, if you can't smell, you're not going to be able to taste too well.

And the interesting data about this, which I'll put a link down below, is this, the highest

density and the highest concentration of insulin receptors in the brain are in the olfactory

region of the brain, okay?

Now, this probably relates to the link between insulin and the storage of food, like that,

and smell and taste related to appetite.

And so insulin has a huge role in the recovery of neurons after an injury, okay?

So it is everything to do with regenerating the olfactory neurons.

And so if there is not enough insulin available, you're going to have a hard time recovering

from any type of injury to these neurons.

And this is why a diabetic and a prediabetic are hit a lot harder with the sense of smell

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