Navigating Smell and Taste Disorders (Neurology Now Books) - Softcover

Ronald DeVere; Marjorie Calvert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932603964 ISBN 13: 9781932603965

Publisher: Demos Health, 2010

Synopsis

Over 200,000 people visit doctors each year for taste and smell problems. Many of these are older adults, as when we age our ability to smell and taste decreases, so up to 14 million Americans 55 and older may live with these disorders, undiagnosed. Smell and taste disorders affect a person's ability to enjoy food and drink and may result in decreased appetite and weight loss, can lead people to consume too much sugar or salt, and in severe cases lead to depression. They can also interfere with the ability to notice potentially harmful chemicals and gases. Published in conjunction with the American Academy of Neurology Navigating Smell and Taste Disorders is the first book written by both an MD and a food preparation expert to address this subject and covers: how smell and taste work, treatments, recipes that will appeal to other senses and make food attractive again, and personal accounts of coping with this condition.

About this title

About the Authors

Ronald DeVere, MD, had practiced neurology for 30 years when he lost part of his ability to smell in 1995. He began researching smell and taste disorders in-depth after discovering a lack of information available on the subject. As a result of his research he opened the Taste and Smell Disorders Clinic in Austin, Texas as part of his practice and is director of the clinic to this day.

Marjorie Calvert has turned her passion for cooking into a career at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, TX. In 2004 she joined the staff of the Smell and Taste Disorders Clinic as food consultant and has been instrumental in developing the clinic's taste testing study, food preparation guidelines, and recipes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Demos Health
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1932603964
• ISBN 13: 9781932603965
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 198