Do you often feel hot or hot with the weather these days? Want to feel the consumption of cold food or drink to reduce it. But try the consumption of spicy foods, reportedly this food is more able to cope with heat than ice cream though.
It sounds controversial. Eat spicy food in hot weather. But the facts prove spicy food is more potent to soothe you. Cold foods or drinks do provide a cool effect, but the cooling effect is not lasting. Why so?
The human body has a thermostat embedded in the brain called the hypothalamus. Strictly keep your core temperature at 36.5 degrees Celsius. Even when you are in the Sahara or Antarctic Desert, your core temperature only goes up or down two to three degrees. This was revealed by Associate Professor Nigel Taylor of Wollongong University Department of Physiology Department.
When you drink cold drinks or eat ice cream, the hypothalamus feels a drastic decrease in your internal temperature. And since the job is to keep things at 36.5 degrees Celsius, the body temperature will rise, causing you to feel warmer.
Eating spicy food just the opposite. According to Dr Reuben Wong, a gastroenterologist from Gleneagles Hospital, the receptor in your mouth interprets the capsaicin component in chili as a chemical action that creates a burning sensation of heat.
And it is this sensation that causes the hypothalamus to resist the perceived increase in temperature by improving blood circulation and making the body sweat. Scientists call it sweating, which you will recognize as the sweat beads that appear on the forehead, face, scalp, and neck immediately after eating the sambal belacan.
Besides tasting burns in the mouth, making eyes glaze, and sweating, is there any other reason to like chili? Studies here show capsaicin can provide protection from stroke, and the accumulation of cholesterol that can lead to cardiovascular disease.
In fact, a study in the British Medical Journal found those who ate spicy foods six to seven times a week showed a 14 percent reduction in risk in total mortality, compared with those who ate spicy food less than once a week. Eating more spicy foods is associated with lower risk of cancer, heart disease, and respiratory diseases.
To build your tolerance for capsaicin burns, you really can do it. According to experts, capsaicin consumes the sensory function of the substance of the neurotransmitter P, which transmits pain signals to the brain. So, the more spicy food you eat, the less heat you find and the greater your tolerance to the chili dish.
The same can be said about some "fire rings" may experience mules after eating spicy. "The same receptors found in the mouth are also found along the rest of the gastrointestinal tract," says Dr. Wong.
Thus, the same burning sensation in the anus is caused by its action on the same receptor. Can trigger abdominal pain and trigger diarrhea. "But if the heat is too much capsaicin to be consumed, overcome with water or milk products such as milk or yogurt," said Dr Wong, quoted by Channel News Asia.
It sounds controversial. Eat spicy food in hot weather. But the facts prove spicy food is more potent to soothe you. Cold foods or drinks do provide a cool effect, but the cooling effect is not lasting. Why so?
The human body has a thermostat embedded in the brain called the hypothalamus. Strictly keep your core temperature at 36.5 degrees Celsius. Even when you are in the Sahara or Antarctic Desert, your core temperature only goes up or down two to three degrees. This was revealed by Associate Professor Nigel Taylor of Wollongong University Department of Physiology Department.
When you drink cold drinks or eat ice cream, the hypothalamus feels a drastic decrease in your internal temperature. And since the job is to keep things at 36.5 degrees Celsius, the body temperature will rise, causing you to feel warmer.
Eating spicy food just the opposite. According to Dr Reuben Wong, a gastroenterologist from Gleneagles Hospital, the receptor in your mouth interprets the capsaicin component in chili as a chemical action that creates a burning sensation of heat.
And it is this sensation that causes the hypothalamus to resist the perceived increase in temperature by improving blood circulation and making the body sweat. Scientists call it sweating, which you will recognize as the sweat beads that appear on the forehead, face, scalp, and neck immediately after eating the sambal belacan.
Besides tasting burns in the mouth, making eyes glaze, and sweating, is there any other reason to like chili? Studies here show capsaicin can provide protection from stroke, and the accumulation of cholesterol that can lead to cardiovascular disease.
In fact, a study in the British Medical Journal found those who ate spicy foods six to seven times a week showed a 14 percent reduction in risk in total mortality, compared with those who ate spicy food less than once a week. Eating more spicy foods is associated with lower risk of cancer, heart disease, and respiratory diseases.
To build your tolerance for capsaicin burns, you really can do it. According to experts, capsaicin consumes the sensory function of the substance of the neurotransmitter P, which transmits pain signals to the brain. So, the more spicy food you eat, the less heat you find and the greater your tolerance to the chili dish.
The same can be said about some "fire rings" may experience mules after eating spicy. "The same receptors found in the mouth are also found along the rest of the gastrointestinal tract," says Dr. Wong.
Thus, the same burning sensation in the anus is caused by its action on the same receptor. Can trigger abdominal pain and trigger diarrhea. "But if the heat is too much capsaicin to be consumed, overcome with water or milk products such as milk or yogurt," said Dr Wong, quoted by Channel News Asia.
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