echarcha
October 26th, 2000, 01:21 PM
Read an interesting news item on Deccan Chronoicle... Including it here for your convenience.
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London, Oct. 25: A hot Indian meal can be as addictive as sex, according to a new scientific study. And it is the rogan josh which is most effective. The test was carried out to find the effect of korma, tikka masala and rogan josh compared to those of a control meal of the regular fish and chips.
All the three Indian curries increased blood pressure, but rogan josh, the hottest curry tested, had the most marked effect. It was found by researchers to be the most addictive. In fact, frequent consumers of Indian food develop a tolerance towards it.
As a result, they need to eat hotter and hotter dishes in order to get their “fix,” the researchers have found. The heart rates of those consuming fish and chips were raised by 3.2 beats per minute, but those eating tikka masala registered a heart rate of 4.4 beats, korma showed a rise of 4.9 and rogan josh led up to 6.7.
The research was led by Stephen Gray at Nottingham Trent University. He said, “It is like sex on a plate.” It is the physiological and psychological effects that on combining, create an addiction.
“Eating a curry gives you a natural ‘high’ much more powerful than anything you get with traditional British foods. Our bodies physically crave for curry in a way they do not seem to with other dishes,” said Gray. The research shows that the body of curryholics crave for the food and can gain satisfaction even from mere anticipation of an Indian meal.
According to the research, “The assumption is that the ingredients in curries are addictive.” Nevertheless, the reasons for liking the taste is more connected with a natural high. “The effect curry has on pain receptors in the tongue, is indeed an arousing experience,” the report says.
And Gray thinks, “anticipation can be as good as the product itself. That suggests that this more like an addiction to something like sex than to a narcotic.” With a narcotic, one gets a rush only from taking it, not by anticipating it.
Taken from: http://www.deccan.com/itop1.htm
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London, Oct. 25: A hot Indian meal can be as addictive as sex, according to a new scientific study. And it is the rogan josh which is most effective. The test was carried out to find the effect of korma, tikka masala and rogan josh compared to those of a control meal of the regular fish and chips.
All the three Indian curries increased blood pressure, but rogan josh, the hottest curry tested, had the most marked effect. It was found by researchers to be the most addictive. In fact, frequent consumers of Indian food develop a tolerance towards it.
As a result, they need to eat hotter and hotter dishes in order to get their “fix,” the researchers have found. The heart rates of those consuming fish and chips were raised by 3.2 beats per minute, but those eating tikka masala registered a heart rate of 4.4 beats, korma showed a rise of 4.9 and rogan josh led up to 6.7.
The research was led by Stephen Gray at Nottingham Trent University. He said, “It is like sex on a plate.” It is the physiological and psychological effects that on combining, create an addiction.
“Eating a curry gives you a natural ‘high’ much more powerful than anything you get with traditional British foods. Our bodies physically crave for curry in a way they do not seem to with other dishes,” said Gray. The research shows that the body of curryholics crave for the food and can gain satisfaction even from mere anticipation of an Indian meal.
According to the research, “The assumption is that the ingredients in curries are addictive.” Nevertheless, the reasons for liking the taste is more connected with a natural high. “The effect curry has on pain receptors in the tongue, is indeed an arousing experience,” the report says.
And Gray thinks, “anticipation can be as good as the product itself. That suggests that this more like an addiction to something like sex than to a narcotic.” With a narcotic, one gets a rush only from taking it, not by anticipating it.
Taken from: http://www.deccan.com/itop1.htm