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How old will I be?
You want to know how old you will be? Then trust your nose. The result of a new study: Who smells bad, dies earlier.
You want to know when you die? Then there are two options: Either you sift through the medical records of your grandparents and great-grandparents or you undergo a simple smell test. The latter is the result of a new study - published in a medical journal. , The theory: who smells bad, dies earlier.
Who smells bad, dies earlier
American scientists studied the olfactory behavior of 1, 169 men and women over the age of 65 years. Each individual had to undergo 40 different fragrances. The result: the fewer fragrances the testers recognized, the greater the likelihood that you will die in the next five years.
"The likelihood of a speedy death is associated with a decreasing sense of smell, " said the head of Studio Davangere Devanand in a press release. "Those who smell the worst are the most likely to die."
Important: The study only relates to the smelling behavior of older men and women. What the smell behavior of younger subjects about the life expectancy says is examined elsewhere. And for those who already want to know how old you know, here's our test.
