Training your taste buds for optimum flavour

One of the effects of eating a balanced diet is increasing your ability to detect sweetness, so eat healthy to better enjoy your desserts! — AFP

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought attention to the numerous problems associated with loss of taste and smell – a signature symptom of the illness – and highlighted just how essential these senses are to our lives.

And while regaining taste and smell after illness can take time – and sometimes, special exercises – it is possible to pamper our taste buds on a regular basis so that they offer us optimal sensations during our meals on an everyday basis.