Rare condition causes food to smell and taste like rotting bodies

Key facts

• A condition causes food to smell and taste like rotting bodies.
• This condition affects millions of people.
• The condition severely distorts a person's senses.

Bella Davis has developed a condition that severely distorts a person's senses, causing everything she eats to smell and taste rotten. This condition is described as little-understood but surprisingly common, affecting millions of people. The sensory distortion means that normally pleasant or neutral tastes and smells are perceived as foul and decaying.