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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-science-of-spiciness-rose-eveleth
When you take a bite of a hot pepper, your body reacts as if your mouth is on fire — because that’s essentially what you’ve told your brain! Rose Eveleth details the science and history behind spicy foods, giving insights into why some people continue to pay the painful price for a little spice.
Lesson by Rose Eveleth, animation by Flaming Medusa Studios Inc.
Date: March 10, 2014
I would drink a whole bottle of Tabasco sauce just to know what a few thousand Scoville units feel like
I want my heat receptors to nit work sometimes
What I want to know is if it's really worth it, in terms of flavour. Are the foods that much better with spice in them than without?
Been wondering if I could learn to enjoy them, but I'm still on the fence
3:03 I thought it was school😂
Harvard did a study on spicy food preference in relation to IQ levels. Basically, people who like spicy food.. have lower IQ's. Makes sense.
3:03 I thought that was school
btw, when you mentioned spices, not all of them are spicy, some are aromatic and sweet like vanilla… vanilla are in fact spices
Mustard isnt spicy
2:13 I know this an old video, but..
Pepper X: “hold my beer😎”
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