What’s smell got to do with it?

January 11, 2018 by Joan Breakey Article

If bitterness is a warning via taste, is flavour a warning via smell?

Brisbane dietitian Joan Breakey investigated the role of flavour as a warning via smell and discovered that strong flavoured foods remained high risk for some, but others were able to tolerate the stronger flavours, providing the foods were fresh.

Featured on Ockham’s Razor on ABC Radio National on Sunday 16 May 2004. Click here to download the recording or read the transcript.

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Joan Breakey is the author of foodintolerancepro.com. She is one of the few dietitians in the world who has a lifetime of specialisation in the area of Food Sensitivity. She is a Dietitian, Home Economist and Teacher. In 1975 she began her first work on Diet and Hyperactivity, investigating the effects of the Feingold diet on children’s behaviour. For more than 45 years Joan has been writing books and articles, publishing and presenting the results of her ongoing research in this area.