It’s common knowledge that we smell with our nose and taste with our tongue and that somewhere along the way our brains combine the two, right?????VO -logo/nose mouth-flip??Well according to a new study published in the journal Chemical Senses, everything we know about the nose and tongue may have just been turned on its ear.????VO-logo/odor??Researchers from the Monell Chemical Senses Center have discovered olfactory receptors, or the sensory organs responsible for smell-????VO-tongue ice cream??On the taste sensing parts of the tongue.????VO-burger??Suggesting that the way we interpret the odor molecules of the things we eat may actually start the moment it goes into your mouth.????VO-snake??That’s not to say you can just open your mouth and take in a new world of odors, you know, like a snake.????VO-tongue??But it does help researchers understand how our bodies use odor molecules to adjust flavor.????VO-eat??And the researchers hope these findings might actually help fight obesity.????VO-cherry??According to the study’s author:????VO??"This may lead to the development of odor-based taste modifiers that can help combat the excess salt, sugar, and fat intake associated with diet-related diseases such as obesity and diabetes.”????VO-nose??Who can turn their nose up at that???