COVID SYMPTOM: Things might smell uncharacteristically unpleasant. Photo: Getty Images
Last week I talked about recent research that red wine and cheese might be protective against age-related cognitive problems.
Unfortunately, for some people who have had Covid associated loss or distortion of taste and smell in the past year, these may not seem at all appetising.
As everyone undoubtedly is aware, loss of sense of taste and smell is one of the characteristic symptoms of Covid-19.
Post-infection about 50 per cent recover taste and smell within two to three weeks.
Another 40 per cent will recover it by eight weeks.
By the end of six months only two per cent will still have the problem.