http://clipmarks.com/clipper/aaronkjones/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/aaronkjones/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/FAAE4EC6-FB7A-48B8-8F15-10622D266834/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/aaronkjones/">aaronkjones</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> I just had some particularly spicy hot and sour soup from a local canton, and about halfway through, I started to feel a fuzz and a pressure... <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.thelittlevillage.com/stuff/pepper/high.shtml" title="http://www.thelittlevillage.com/stuff/pepper/high.shtml">www.thelittlevillage.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor="#dddddd"><tr><TD> <CENTER> </CENTER> <P> <IMG vspace="10" hspace="20" align="left" src="http://www.thelittlevillage.com/stuff/pepper/icons/p-oje.gif" /> <FONT point-size="14" face="Times%20New%20Roman" color="black"> <FONT point-size="18" face="arial" color="blue">Get A Pepper High</FONT><BR /> Yes, that's what it reads. When you eat fiery foods that contain capsaicin, your brain releases endorphins into your system. That must be why I am so addicted to peppers and must have at least one meal with hot sauce a day. <A href="http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=endorphin">Dictionary.com</A> defines an endorphin as: </FONT></P><P> </P><HR /><FONT point-size="14" face="Times%20New%20Roman" color="black"><FONT point-size="12" face="courier%20new"> <B>en·dor·phin</B> (<IMG align="absbottom" src="http://www.dictionary.com/graphics/AHD/ebreve.gif" />n-dôr<IMG align="absbottom" src="http://www.dictionary.com/graphics/AHD/prime.gif" />f<IMG align="absbottom" src="http://www.dictionary.com/graphics/AHD/ibreve.gif" />n) <BR /><I>n. </I> <DL><DD>Any of a group of peptide hormones that bind to opiate receptors and are found mainly in the brain. Endorphins reduce the sensation of pain and affect emotions.</DD></DL> [<TT>endo(genous)</TT> + <TT>(mo)rphin(e)</TT>.] </FONT> </FONT><P></P><HR /> <FONT point-size="14" face="Times%20New%20Roman" color="black">and </FONT><HR /><P><FONT point-size="14" face="Times%20New%20Roman" color="black"><FONT point-size="12" face="courier%20new"> <STRONG>endorphin</STRONG> n : a neurochemical occurring naturally in the brain and having analgesic properties </FONT> </FONT></P><P></P><HR /><P> <FONT point-size="14" face="Times%20New%20Roman" color="black">If you'll kindly notice, the word opiate shows up in the above definition. This explains why you sometimes feel pleasantly light-headed after a spicy meal. Endorphins can create some major bliss, from 5-15 minutes. It's the same kind of feeling referred to as the 'runners high'. Except this is a hell of a lot easier to accomplish. </FONT></P><P> </P><CENTER> <FONT point-size="14" face="Times%20New%20Roman" color="black"> <NOSCRIPT> &lt;a href="http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=5683&m=1&c=1" target="_blank"&gt; &lt;img src="http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=5683&m=1&d=s&c=1&f=b&v=1.4" width=468 height=60 border=1&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</NOSCRIPT> </FONT></CENTER> </TD></tr></table></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/pepper/" rel="tag">pepper</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/high/" rel="tag">high</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/opiate/" rel="tag">opiate</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/spicy/" rel="tag">spicy</a></div>http://www.thelittlevillage.com/stuff/pepper/high.shtmlFri, 22 Dec 2006 05:35:33 GMT