Spicy Isn’t a Taste 6 Facts About Food

Spicy Isn’t a Taste 6 Facts About Food

6 fun facts about food

1. Spicy is not the taste but the pain

Many people like to eat spicy food, but in fact they feel pain and pleasure. When capsaicin stimulates the pain receptors on the tongue, it will send a pain alarm to the brain. At the same time, the temperature of the tongue will increase, and the sensory organs throughout the body will receive pain signals. This is the "spicy taste" we feel.

2. The older you get, the heavier your taste becomes.

People's taste buds change and gradually disappear with age. Therefore, as age increases, people's sensitivity to taste will decrease due to the reduction of taste buds. Therefore, people's taste will become heavier when it comes to eating, and people will prefer foods with strong taste.

3. Human beings have used cheese for more than a thousand years.

There is ample evidence that humans were processing liquid milk as early as 7000 B.C., said Thomas Levy, an anthropologist at the University of California, and evidence of this is found in milk-churning tools with residual milk products inside. Throughout history, churns have been used to make yogurt and cheese all over the world.

4. People who eat ice in winter will not get headaches.

Many people may have sudden headaches when eating ice cream or drinking cold drinks in the summer. This is because the mouth is suddenly stimulated by cold food. In order to relieve the stimulation of low temperature, the blood vessels in the head and face constrict, and the blood hits the nerve endings, causing headaches. But in winter, because the temperature is already low, this situation is less likely to occur.

5. Drinking too much will make you stupid.

Alcohol affects a neurotransmitter called GABA (aminobutyric acid) in the brain. GABA has the function of organizing language and judgment. Once paralyzed by alcohol, it is naturally easy to talk nonsense. In addition, alcohol can also affect people's memory.

6. Eating junk food is instinctive

Many people find junk food such as hamburgers and potato chips to be particularly delicious. This is actually human instinct. Primitive people preferred high-calorie foods to increase their chances of survival. Although modern people do not exercise much and consume not many calories, the survival instinct engraved in our bones urges us to absorb high-calorie foods as much as possible.