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In countries with hot climates like the incredibly spicy food - this is due to the fact that hot spices, especially chili, provoke intense sweating, protecting the human body from overheating. Contained in hot products alkaloid capsaicin stimulates receptors of the mouth and nasal cavity, responsible for thermoregulation - they make people sweat, getting rid of excess heat.
Ice - local anesthesia
The desire to include in your diet ice often experienced by people suffering from anemia. Of course, the ice itself can not meet the requirement for iron, but for some reason it really helps - with a lack of iron in the human body anemia begins inflammation accompanied by pain in the mouth. Ice does not allow to cope with the major cause of disease, but it greatly reduces the pain, so if you occasionally want to chew ice cubes, there is an occasion to reflect on the inclusion in the diet of foods high in iron.
Coffee instead of anesthetic
Caffeine helps with headaches, and even able to prevent its occurrence. Some doctors say about the dangers of frequent consumption of coffee, while others argue that it is possible to drink daily two cups of the drink without risk to health. Caffeine thus relieving physical and emotional discomfort, moreover, this natural stimulant is effective in the early stages of depression. According to some reports, many people with the help of coffee, as strange as it may sound, provide a healthy sleep itself - the human body gets used to a certain amount of caffeine and the failure of the coffee man begins to experience sleep problems.
If you suddenly wanted to eat a handful of earth or clay, it means your body needs to get rid of toxins, or ... you're pregnant - many women preparing to give birth to the child is known to have a rather eccentric gastronomic cravings. In the 1990s in some countries has been adjusted for sale of this unusual "delicacy", because in the big cities to find land suitable for human consumption is not so simple. Such a "kitchen" is popular among the animals, especially during fruit ripening, as in immature fruits and berries contain a large amount of toxic alkaloids. For example, to make edible immature potatoes, containing solanine - a bitter and poisonous glycoalkaloid, fruits need to coat the alumina. In it there is kaolin (white clay), which will neutralize the bitterness and the "pull" of solanine from potatoes.
I wanted beans or rice - you do not have enough protein
Some of the needed amino acids such as lysine and methionine, the body can not produce themselves, therefore they have to be obtained from food. Lysine is found in legumes, and methionine rich in wheat, rice and maize - if now you longed to eat some of these foods, your body is clearly lacking in protein.
Tea with milk saves from tannins
Black tea - not such a harmless drink. In it, as in coffee, contains tannins - phenolic compounds, confer these drinks astringent and bitter, and helps cleanse the digestive tract. The body reacts to the presence of ambiguous tannins - say, in the morning after drinking strong black tea, you can feel quite sick. Fortunately, there is a way to soften the bitterness of tea and coffee and protect the stomach from excessive activity of tannins - add to drink milk. I must say, adult homo sapiens does not evolutionarily predisposed to drink milk - we can only drink it because the human body for thousands of years has adapted to dairy products, having established the production of enzymes needed to process lactose. Other species of mammals on reaching adulthood cease to consume foods that contain lactose, and if, say, the tiger drink milk, it will turn to his digestive problems, while some people are known to be present as lactose intolerance
Thirst ginger talking about heart problems
Ginger - a storehouse of nutrients. It helps get rid of nausea, relieves coughing and helps with headaches. According to some studies, ginger reduces blood clotting, which can cause heart attacks, strengthens the heart muscle and lowers blood cholesterol levels.
What is the reason for the extraordinary popularity of chocolate?
Some say that the "blame" the whole contained in cocoa beans phenylethylamine - the chemicals released in the brain when he is in love or feel happy. At the same time, such as cheese contains even more phenylethylamine, but its popularity does not go in any comparison with the universal love of chocolate. Some experts link the "Chocolate fever" with anandamide - analogue cannabinol, the main psychoactive component of marijuana. Anandamide, which is also called "happiness molecule", elevates mood and fatigue, although experts say that if a person wants to achieve an effect similar to the effect of marijuana, he would have to eat at least a kilogram of chocolate. Also anandamide and phenylethylamine in cocoa beans theobromine is present - a substance similar to caffeine, which is known to be capable of causing addiction. For what it is people who love chocolate, scientists have yet to figure out, as it contains about 380 active substances.
Source: www.publy.ru
In countries with hot climates like the incredibly spicy food - this is due to the fact that hot spices, especially chili, provoke intense sweating, protecting the human body from overheating. Contained in hot products alkaloid capsaicin stimulates receptors of the mouth and nasal cavity, responsible for thermoregulation - they make people sweat, getting rid of excess heat.
Ice - local anesthesia
The desire to include in your diet ice often experienced by people suffering from anemia. Of course, the ice itself can not meet the requirement for iron, but for some reason it really helps - with a lack of iron in the human body anemia begins inflammation accompanied by pain in the mouth. Ice does not allow to cope with the major cause of disease, but it greatly reduces the pain, so if you occasionally want to chew ice cubes, there is an occasion to reflect on the inclusion in the diet of foods high in iron.
Coffee instead of anesthetic
Caffeine helps with headaches, and even able to prevent its occurrence. Some doctors say about the dangers of frequent consumption of coffee, while others argue that it is possible to drink daily two cups of the drink without risk to health. Caffeine thus relieving physical and emotional discomfort, moreover, this natural stimulant is effective in the early stages of depression. According to some reports, many people with the help of coffee, as strange as it may sound, provide a healthy sleep itself - the human body gets used to a certain amount of caffeine and the failure of the coffee man begins to experience sleep problems.
If you suddenly wanted to eat a handful of earth or clay, it means your body needs to get rid of toxins, or ... you're pregnant - many women preparing to give birth to the child is known to have a rather eccentric gastronomic cravings. In the 1990s in some countries has been adjusted for sale of this unusual "delicacy", because in the big cities to find land suitable for human consumption is not so simple. Such a "kitchen" is popular among the animals, especially during fruit ripening, as in immature fruits and berries contain a large amount of toxic alkaloids. For example, to make edible immature potatoes, containing solanine - a bitter and poisonous glycoalkaloid, fruits need to coat the alumina. In it there is kaolin (white clay), which will neutralize the bitterness and the "pull" of solanine from potatoes.
I wanted beans or rice - you do not have enough protein
Some of the needed amino acids such as lysine and methionine, the body can not produce themselves, therefore they have to be obtained from food. Lysine is found in legumes, and methionine rich in wheat, rice and maize - if now you longed to eat some of these foods, your body is clearly lacking in protein.
Tea with milk saves from tannins
Black tea - not such a harmless drink. In it, as in coffee, contains tannins - phenolic compounds, confer these drinks astringent and bitter, and helps cleanse the digestive tract. The body reacts to the presence of ambiguous tannins - say, in the morning after drinking strong black tea, you can feel quite sick. Fortunately, there is a way to soften the bitterness of tea and coffee and protect the stomach from excessive activity of tannins - add to drink milk. I must say, adult homo sapiens does not evolutionarily predisposed to drink milk - we can only drink it because the human body for thousands of years has adapted to dairy products, having established the production of enzymes needed to process lactose. Other species of mammals on reaching adulthood cease to consume foods that contain lactose, and if, say, the tiger drink milk, it will turn to his digestive problems, while some people are known to be present as lactose intolerance
Thirst ginger talking about heart problems
Ginger - a storehouse of nutrients. It helps get rid of nausea, relieves coughing and helps with headaches. According to some studies, ginger reduces blood clotting, which can cause heart attacks, strengthens the heart muscle and lowers blood cholesterol levels.
What is the reason for the extraordinary popularity of chocolate?
Some say that the "blame" the whole contained in cocoa beans phenylethylamine - the chemicals released in the brain when he is in love or feel happy. At the same time, such as cheese contains even more phenylethylamine, but its popularity does not go in any comparison with the universal love of chocolate. Some experts link the "Chocolate fever" with anandamide - analogue cannabinol, the main psychoactive component of marijuana. Anandamide, which is also called "happiness molecule", elevates mood and fatigue, although experts say that if a person wants to achieve an effect similar to the effect of marijuana, he would have to eat at least a kilogram of chocolate. Also anandamide and phenylethylamine in cocoa beans theobromine is present - a substance similar to caffeine, which is known to be capable of causing addiction. For what it is people who love chocolate, scientists have yet to figure out, as it contains about 380 active substances.
Source: www.publy.ru
