/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>17504885
this is truly horrible if its true. i guess the best sense to loose is taste, but loosing smell is terrible cause it basically makes about 90% of the "taste"

>>17504885
should've gotten vaxxed chud

>>17504885
You're a neurotic hypochondriac and you're making it up in your diseased mind

>>17504885
i also figured out being a bit death is actually no fail, it protracts you from listening to too much shit.

>>17504885
>lose all my senses
I doubt you'll go blind, deaf, lose the sense of touch and taste. Too bad about your smell though. If it's due to kong flu, you can be hopeful that you will recover because young healthy people aren't usually affected by long covid as bad as unhealthy people or old people. Just placebo your way into being able to smell again.

Potato diet until you stop being a hypochondriac pussy or medical science stops treating you like a fucking baby.

>>17504902
deaf*

>>17504885
That means you're probably catching covid again.
>>17504900
Doesn't work, I know two people that were jabbed and boosted twice and they still caught it.

>>17504906
That's how british pronounce death anyways so if OP is a brit he would have understood you clearly.

>>17504905
>YOU DIED
>However, the Nexus traps you. You shall remain in this world as a Soul, forever.

>>17504905
why do lazy fatasses always wear athletic brands

>>17504918
They're stretchy, meaning they're better for fat people who can't fit into normal clothes.

>>17504896

seems like most of my smell is still hanging on. mostly things smell normally, but i have to sniff extra hard to get the full smell and it'll have an added scent i cant explain. some things are fully distorted, like minty things.

>>17504903
i recovered pretty quickly from the chink flu thankfully, faster than most even because all of my friends were out for like 2-3 weeks while i was just out for about 10 days. i think i'll probably get my smell back, but since this has developed slowly im afraid it'll heal slowly.

im mostly just wondering if any anons had the same thing happen. didnt expect for my smell to get fucked months after getting sick.

>>17504908

>That means you're probably catching covid again.

first time i got sick i had flu like symptoms for 5-6 days then i lost my sense of smell. i guess i must have some brand new mutant strain or im asymptomatic.

>>17504925
Probably asymptomatic due to natural protections from having already dealt with covid.

>>17504908
>Doesn't work, I know two people that were jabbed and boosted twice and they still caught it.
It's not supposed to stop you catching it. It's supposed to stop you losing your sense of smell (and needing to be ventilated) when you do catch it.

>>17504922
fuck off

are you getting like "phantom smells"? like something smells like its there but isn't?
if that's the case you might want to see a psychiatrist, I thought I was smelling this one brand of strawberry popsicles as a side effect, turns out schizophrenia runs in my family lol

>>17504896
You would rather lose taste instead of smell? I understand they are connected, but who gives a shit what something smells like if you cant taste food

>>17505312
Which part of "safe and effective" did you misunderstand?

>>17504908
Unfortunately this is your own fault. I hope you gain your smell back eventually but it is unlikely. Go out and eat your favorite food right now and savor it.

>>17504922
But I thought it was just a common cold? It sounds like you're a giant pussy imagining things.
Anyways same thing happened to my friend and his smell progressively got worse for 6 months and still isn't back.

>>17504922
>i think i'll probably get my smell back, but since this has developed slowly im afraid it'll heal slowly
why are you assuming it will "heal" btw?

update, beer and wine both smell intensely yeasty.

>>17505685
i hope your friend recovers soon, anon.

>>17505689
im sure it will heal

>>17504903
I know a guy in his 20's who lost his taste and smell for 6 months and still hasn't recovered them. He lost all the other covid symptoms, and tests negative, but this one seems to persist for some peopme. Honnestly, I don't know if I would keep living if it happened to me, I'm a neet, and eating is one of the few pleasures I have in life

>>17505685
>But I thought it was just a common cold?
tell me you're a moron without telling me you're a moron

>>17505348
>can't argue the point so xhe posts random images that have nothing to do with anything
hoping you die Tbh

>>17505771
>im sure it will heal
why?

>>17506063

because im sure

>>17504885
Seems like you lost the genetic lottery bud. Lets say you do recover your smell (a big if) within a year or two, covid is still gonna be a thing, you will probably be catching a case every 1-2 years. So you're smell is pretty much always gonna be gone or in some state of fucked and recovering from it. And we aren't even considering if there are cumulative effects on your sense of smell once you do this to yourself multiple times. It might get even worse on your 2nd, 3rd, 4th case of etc...

>>17504885
Haven't read the thread so someone might have said it - get yourself some zinc.

>>17506105
so you're coping

>>17506120

luckily i bought some for supplementation a while ago. how much should i take?

>>17506123
im confident

>>17506145
I'd be coping too, it seems scary

>>17506145
Start with the daily recommended amount. For me, I get super nauseated from it. You want to replenish your levels but not over do it. Add a bit more for a few days and then go back to near daily recommends.

>>17506166

thanks anon for the actual advice. the supplement says it contains 50 mg of zinc per capsule from zinc gluconate. i'll try taking one a day for a few days and see how i feel.

>>17506120
>>17506198
some B12 might be a good idea too

>>17504885
how did you get groceries when you had to quarantine for over 10 days? I'm doing so right now and don't think I have enough food stocked up

>>17504920
I'm only 160lbs and they dig into my stomach so much. I have no idea how obsese people are even fertile after all that pressure

I'm sorry Anon but you're fucked.
You're gonna keep on catching COVID every year because it's endemic now, and it's gonna kill whatever recovery your taste and smell makes every time you get it.

>>17506105
It's basically nerve damage. Your chemosensory system has been nuked. Like all nerve damage you might be able to make some recovery gains but it will be slow (years) and never back to what it used to be. I can only imagine what will happen when you inevitably catch covid again.

>>17504885
oh shut the fuck up

>>17504922
>and it'll have an added scent i cant explain.
is it like a water-up-your-nose 'smell'? lost my sense of smell briefly with a cold once, everything smelled like the sensation of my nose being annoyed

>>17506105
based, don't listen to blackpillers ever lol

just eat proper foods, no pufas, take aspirin, coconut oil, keep that metabolism up and your body will heal

>>17507134
>coconut oil

>>17504905
>>17504918
That's a slubby sweater he's wearing

>>17506442
curbside pickup. it's a slippery slope though, way too convenient, i rarely go into grocery shops anymore

>>17507138
if you think that advice is reddit, you are braindead

>>17507286
>cure nerve damage with coconut oil!
how bout some crystals

>>17504885
Yep same thing happened to me. Totally lost taste and smell back in July, around November it started going downhill again. It seems like it's starting to come back a bit, but some smells seem indefinite, and haven't changed since I first got sick. Some of the smells are really fucking bizarre. I have a theory that it may go in waves/outbreaks, like herpes.

If you faggots are telling the truth, then this is your chance to lose weight and eat better. You can’t taste anything anyway, so eat only healthy foods from now on and stop being fatasses.

>>17507555
OP's talking about smell though. I've lost my sense of taste temporarily and it's no fucking picnic. There's absolutely no impulse to even swallow what's in your mouth. You have to manually swallow everything eat for the rest of your life.
For reference, get some nail clippers and try clipping some strips of skin off your heel or some other thickened pad of your foot or palm. It's like gristle, you can chew that crap for minutes and not even want to swallow. And that's every meal you take with no sense of taste.

>>17504885
i have the exact same thing
>got da vid last march
>wasn’t bad except I had a headache for like 3 weeks
>didn’t really lose sense of taste or smell
>fast forward 2 months
>bite into pbj sammich
>eww this tastes moldy or something
>inspect bread, no mold
>must be the peanut butter is bad
>open new jar
>smells the same
>get a burger and fries a couple days later
>fries smell like burnt oil and burger tastes weird
>what the fuck is going on?
>look it up online
>some ppl report exact same thing happening ~2 months post covid
>even report burnt, ashy, moldy smell of certain things like me
>sheeeit
basically anon, your smell is probably gonna be fucked for at least a year BUT in my experience it has improved. the first 3 months kinda suck but it’s much easier if you find something you like to eat. I’ve eaten a shitload of rice and tortillas with hot sauce. probably 200+ times in the last 9 months. also comsoom 2-3 protein shakes a day. I feel a lot better since I’m leaner and don’t eat as much unhealthy stuff now. can’t eat fried food at all. no chocolate. no peppers. etc etc. and anything with seed oils tastes gross, I can always tell the difference. but most other things are fine now.

I’m probably 75% normal smell wise, but I don’t have much desire to go back to eating fried food and unhealthy shit like that anyway. it’s really been a blessing in disguise mostly.

>>17507065
>>17507088
thanks for the info anons, ive read all the science stuff but it wont do me any good to be negative

>>17507131
it's interesting that you mention that, i couldn't quite place the feeling but what i smell feels similar to what you're describing sometimes

>>17507134
thanks anon, i try to stay positive

>>17507435
i wish you a speedy recovery anon

>>17507694
the part about being able to taste PUFAs in fried foods is spot on. i agree that the bright side is being able to notice how that stuff is in every restaurant. glad you're recovering and that you were able to stay positive and focus on improving, anon. hope you can enjoy chocolate again soon.

>>17504885
smell deteriorates as you age fuck off with your disease bullshit

>>17505312
Lol it doesn't stop you from getting the symptoms you idiot

>>17504885
Iktf bro. Body odor and turds and piss smell like burnt oil to me. Coffee tastes different. Garlic smells different when I cook it but tastes the same. Beer is the thing that tastes like nothing still and it makes me want to give up.

Probably acute zinc deficiency, that really messes with your smell and taste receptors.

Just take zinc supplements and it should normalize real fast. I literally don't know a single person that takes zinc that lost their sense of smell.

>>17504900
Which has literally 0 effects on mild symptoms like loss of smell and only helps reduce the risk of very severe illness?

>>17504885
For me it was 3 months of everything smelling like gasoline before my smell came back
Interesting thing was that actual gasoline smelled like vanilla to me at the time

>>17507415
>the human body has no capacity to heal itself, covid is a death sentence, we're all just apes on a spinning rock, so stop worrying about soybean oil, just enjoy yourself and get vaccinated

>>17504908
>Doesn't work, I know two people that were jabbed and boosted twice and they still caught it.
I hate these arguments so fucking much, the point of the jab is to get a relative improvement in your immunity. That does not mean complete safety from the virus (and even if you get it your chances of not being stuck with as severe effects are much better).
It's fine if you don't want to get the jab, realistically it's your choice and it's not like we are ever going to reach herd immunity from vaccination anyways, but just be honest and stop dishonestly framing anecdotes.
>>17504885
You played the lottery and lost anon, not sure what to tell you. It sucks but how it affects people differs from person to person. Flatmate of mine got it and lost taste for about a week.
There's still hope though, apparently some people regained senses of smell and taste after half a year to a year, so maybe you are one of those cases. Let's hope you get well soon.

>>17508693
The smell issues are long term for some people, and considering covid is endemic and you can expect you catch it every year or so these people are pretty much fucked. Good thing is only a small percentage of people have the smell issues. Unlucky genes for OP. Eating coconut oil or whatever other holistic faggotry you suggest isn't going to help him.

>>17504905
> this man made his diet so boring that he lost all appetite and only ate the bare minimum

>>17507088
COVID attacks the supporting cells since the nerve cells don't have the receptors for the virus. Though if the wires get crossed while the system healing things might be a bit weird.
>SARS-CoV-2 targets the ACE2 receptor found on the surface of sustentacular cells but not on olfactory neurons. If the supporting cells are compromised, the olfactory nerves are unable to function correctly.
https://medconnection.ucsfhealth.org/news/olfactory-loss-from-covid-19-infection-cause-and-treatments-studied-at-ucsf
If it gets really bad anon, you can try boosting your neuroplasticity (temporarily) LSD and doing aromatherapy to retrain the brain. But that's a pretty dramatic treatment and all reports are anecdotal.

>>17508416

there's some good advice in this thread anon. i wish you a speedy recovery!

>>17508464
yesterday i took 50mg of zinc gluconate like another anon suggested, and im pleased to report my smell actually improved! onion and garlic still have a slightly funky smell, but it has decreased significantly from what it used to be. i also got a set of essential oils and im constantly sniffing them throughout the day. they all smell pretty normal except for peppermint but that has also improved significantly since yesterday. dunno if those actually do anything but at least it reassures me that my sense of smell is still mostly intact.

to make this slightly more /ck/ related today i tried (and failed) to make an omelette in the classic french style, but the pan wasnt hot enough and i just made scrambled eggs. i also made a sautee of onions, mushroom, tomato, jalapeno, garlic to add to the eggs.

i had a bit of leftover anchovies in the fridge and since they go well in tomato sauce i said what the heck and threw a couple filets in there. the smell was incredibly delicious! threw a bit of parsley in at the and and the meal was fantastic.

>>17504885
allegedly LSD fixes the smell thing if you can get a hold of some

>>17509843
Based where do I get some lsd?

>>17508416
For me it's weed. I literally cannot smell it or taste it anymore. There's like a ghost of a smell of a musty old lady's house or something. It's absolutely bizarre and confuses me.

>>17508464
I take zinc daily, still lost mine and it's persisted almost 7 months

>>17504885
omg this is why my farts and bedsheets went from nasty to neutral

>>17509329
>Eating coconut oil or whatever other holistic faggotry you suggest isn't going to help him.
>he doesn't know about Ray Peat
ngmi

>>17508469
Losing your sense of smell forever like OP is not a severe illness?

I got covid, recovered, smell started to recover and then months later got what OP has. Now 9 months or so later I still hate the smell of garlic/onion, coffee, and a few other things. It's the worst.

I had the coof and I had distorted smell and taste for a month. Wasn't vaxxed. Basically no one knows what works and doesn't work to treat specific long covid symptoms, some people have smell and taste return, some don't ever it seems. There's mixed studies on if it comes back fully.

Basically go on r/covidlonghaulers and search "smell". There's tons of recommendations. Start looking into long covid treatments, yes it's real like all other post-viral conditions that have been previously well known. Look into the FLCCC protocol. You may want to consider getting vaccinated, in some cases it removes lingering symptoms - also, in some cases, it makes them worse. Up to you to choose. Best thing to do is start long covid treatments. If it's 3 months and there's no progress, look into smell therapy, yes it's real and insurance may cover it if you get a medical diagnosis. It's pretty effective. Good luck. Btw vax status has no effect on lingering symptoms from mild cases, so there's really nothing you could have done to avoid this.

>>17508464
I took 50mg zinc gluconate daily, got covid even doing that, and lost my sense of smell and taste.

>>17512062
not compared to what severe covid looks like

>>17512062
not according to the CDC, vax has 0 effect on loss of smell

It’s a fucking cold, You’ll recover and be fine. Eat well, rest and let your body do its thing. That is assuming the creator of this thread isn’t full of hot air..

>>17508407
>smell deteriorates as you age fuck off with your disease bullshit
While true, ageing doesn't make your sense of smell deteriorate to the point of being gone within a week you fucking retard.

>>17505348
>tweleve

yes covid can leave you with lasting sickness, but you have to be quite unhealthy in the first place, inhibiting your body's ability to repair itself. many people are unhealthy and don't realize it until a stress is placed on their system

this is really quite basic stuff, guys

>>17504885
It's all in your head retard