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Why Is Mala so Addictive?
Lately, the ¡®malatang¡¯ trend is immensely popular among Koreans, particularly in their 20s and 30s and female diners. Besides this dish, a variety of Chinese cuisines like ¡®Malaxiangguo¡¯ and ¡®xiaolongbao¡¯ are also gaining prominent fame among Koreans.
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What is Malatang?
The name ¡®mala¡¯ means numbness and spicy whereas ¡®tang¡¯ literally translates to soup. The dish is well-known for its unique spiciness that will make your tongue numb just as its Chinese characters indicate. The mala sauce, which contains Sichuan pepper, gives the broth an alluring aroma of spicy flavor that will make you addicted to it!
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Diners can select their favorite ingredients from a choice of fresh vegetables, fish cakes, tofu, noodles, and a choice of meat, typically beef or lamb.
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What does spicy food do to our bodies?
One concern is how well our bodies can handle the heat of this popular dish.
When food gets into our digestive tract, it travels down our throat to our oesophagus, and then our stomach. Food gets broken down in our stomach before getting sent to our intestines where the nutrients are absorbed before what¡¯s left is passed out of our bodies.
When we eat spicy food, these parts of the body can get irritated, leading to discomfort and even pain. For those with existing gastrointestinal conditions, the discomfort can be intensified.
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Mala sauce primarily contains spicy ingredients such as dried chilli peppers, chilli powder and Sichuan peppercorns. While spicy food dishes ignite some fire in our bellies and even bring along certain health benefits, they can also present some health concerns.
In general, spicy food irritates our stomachs. Chillies and pepper contain a combination of acids which can cause the walls of our stomachs to burn when consumed in larger amounts. In the short-term, one may feel discomfort in the form of stomach pain, throat and oesophagus discomfort, indigestion, bloating and diarrhoea.
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Why Is Spicy Food So ¡°Addictive¡±?
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Believe it or not, it¡¯s because spicy food makes you high!
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When you eat spicy food, it tricks your brain into thinking that your body is experiencing a lot of heat. In response to this, your brain releases endorphins, which are natural pain and stress relievers. At the same time, your brain also releases dopamine, which is a neurotransmitter that causes feelings of pleasure. This combination of neurotransmitters is what makes spicy food so ¡°addictive.¡±
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Remember that capsaicin tricks the brain into thinking that the body is being subjected to immense heat and therefore, immense pain. To relieve us of this pain, our brain secretes neurotransmitters called endorphins, which are commonly referred to as the body¡¯s natural pain and stress relievers. Endorphins abate pain by inhibiting a nerve¡¯s ability to transmit pain signals.
What¡¯s more, simultaneously, the brain also secretes dopamine, the neurotransmitter that elicits feelings of reward and pleasure in us.
The spicier the food, the greater the pain, the more severe is the compulsion to abate this pain and therefore, the greater the sense of euphoria induced.
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