Something I've done recently that drew my attention

[countertheanimator]

For some time i have been away, due to the death of my PC.

So what's the topic about?
Yesterday i ate some food for dinner. Unique food, only in regions around my city.
It was hot pepper powder, dried (homemade mint powder. I'll explain how it's made later) mint powder and salt. I ate it with bread. They say it's pretty poor food.

So i ate it around 9 PM and it was low amount. My brain activity just went boom. I could think 5x as much as before. I got all this energy in the brain. My thinking increased.
Did you had a feeling when doing some math problems like being nervous. Being angry?
It was gone.

Today i did it again. On a web quiz. My initial result was in the top 10 (9 place). And around 28 seconds. I improved by 6 seconds just by taking a small amount (very small) of this powder.

So how it's made?
First you take peppers. Red and they must be hot. They you put them on a clean thread and let them dry. This may take long period. Make sure they are safe and away from cars. Also parasites.

Same with the mint.

Later, let's say, when you got some amount of dry pepper and mint, you take them and you press them. Make them as small as powder. Well i am not sure that you can do that to the mint, but you can do it to the peppers for sure. Make the mint as small as possible.

Not take those two and mix them in a ratio of 1:1. Add salt, don't do it 1:1:1. It's just bad. Make it be 3:3:1 or 4:4:1. Eat them with bread. How? Press the bread and they'll stick on to it.

I am not sure if you got pepper powder ( I can't remember what's it really called ) in there somewhere. But I prefer clean peppers.

[andrewgreen]

Sounds good, its the combinations of foods that we are rediscovering that can have health benefits, like in TCM. Do you know the science behind your ingredients.

[countertheanimator]

Sounds good, its the combinations of foods that we are rediscovering that can have health benefits, like in TCM. Do you know the science behind your ingredients.

Well, this recipe is quite old in here, few hundred years maybe. My Grandma went to Australia to visit her father and mother and they told her they eat this, and other spicy hot food every day. No wonder they are almost 100 years. Also, they say it increases the blood circulation, and giving energy. It's healthy.

[Violet]

First of all, thanks for sharing!

I have cayenne pepper powder. And I have dried mint (not peppermint). And celtic sea salt. All from the organic store. Do you think I could get started with that? I can't get passed the cars to get it done at home, that's why.

Oh, and about your quiz results; the little number of Macedonians I know for some reason or another, both men and women, are wizzes. So, don't give those powders too much credit :)

[countertheanimator]

First of all, thanks for sharing!

I have cayenne pepper powder. And I have dried mint (not peppermint). And celtic sea salt. All from the organic store. Do you think I could get started with that? I can't get passed the cars to get it done at home, that's why.

Oh, and about your quiz results; the little number of Macedonians I know for some reason or another, both men and women, are wizzes. So, don't give those powders too much credit :)

Yup, you can use cayenne pepper powder.
Oh and no wonder why the Macedonians you know are wizzies. Usually, those smart will leave the country, because it is just kind of bad to live here. I'm going to leave too, probably Norway.

[Violet]

First of all, thanks for sharing!

I have cayenne pepper powder. And I have dried mint (not peppermint). And celtic sea salt. All from the organic store. Do you think I could get started with that? I can't get passed the cars to get it done at home, that's why.

Oh, and about your quiz results; the little number of Macedonians I know for some reason or another, both men and women, are wizzes. So, don't give those powders too much credit :)

Yup, you can use cayenne pepper powder.
Oh and no wonder why the Macedonians you know are wizzies. Usually, those smart will leave the country, because it is just kind of bad to live here. I'm going to leave too, probably Norway.

I found chilli powder in my wide herb collection :p. It's not organic but I tried it all the same. If it's just about spice then I'm wondering if apart from cayenne pepper, black pepper would also make a good fit. I sprinkle black pepper on a lot of foods to replace an old salt craving, which has worked well for me.

I like the taste of such different ingredients together; there's spicy, there's salt and there's minty (which probably leans towards the sweet taste) and then there's a neutraliser for the spicy component, the bread (don't rush for water when accidentally eating too spicy, eat bread instead).
Could it be that by triggering nervous taste response on these different levels, an increased brain activity has been set in motion (distinguishing three tastes is more complex than distinguising one) which you can then continue to use for, for instance, study purposes?

And good luck wherever you go, always comes in handy.

[countertheanimator]

I found chilli powder in my wide herb collection :p. It's not organic but I tried it all the same. If it's just about spice then I'm wondering if apart from cayenne pepper, black pepper would also make a good fit. I sprinkle black pepper on a lot of foods to replace an old salt craving, which has worked well for me.

I like the taste of such different ingredients together; there's spicy, there's salt and there's minty (which probably leans towards the sweet taste) and then there's a neutraliser for the spicy component, the bread (don't rush for water when accidentally eating too spicy, eat bread instead).
Could it be that by triggering nervous taste response on these different levels, an increased brain activity has been set in motion (distinguishing three tastes is more complex than distinguishing one) which you can then continue to use for, for instance, study purposes?

And good luck wherever you go, always comes in handy.

You think that all three kinds of tastes come in the mouth, the tongue tastes them and knows that there are 3, but the spicy dominates an the brain thinks that it is the source of all three and tries to distinguish it, and since spicy food can actually be felt for some time, it makes the brain active for longer periods of time.
Maybe. Maybe the brain thinks it's burning ( the spicy food ), so it is in danger and it must work.
I'll eat this in the morning so i can activate my brain earlier. I have a lot to revise so I'll try and see how it goes.