LONDON (Reuters) - The curry has long been Britain's favorite ethnic food and now scientists have found out why -- the spices are addictive.
Researchers at Nottingham Trent University found that eating a spicy curry prompts the kind of physiological symptoms addictive substances often provoke, including increases in the heartbeat and blood pressure.
And those who eat curries often build up a tolerance to spices, and crave hotter and hotter dishes, the experts found.
"What we are seeing is physiological and psychological effects combining to create an addiction," Professor Stephen Gray, who spearheaded the research, told the Times newspaper on Wednesday.
"Curry gives you a natural 'high' much more powerful than anything you get with traditional British foods," he added of the study, based on the responses of 100 volunteers aged from 10 to 80.
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QUICK QUICK ERASE THE THREAD BEFORE DARYUS SEES IT HURRY MODERATOR HURRY!!!
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Glad to see our universities are still researching stuff that will improve the quality of life for all mankind.
We drink intoxicating and addictive substances on a regular basis. We eat addictive food. We're an appalling nation. Don't come here. Ever.
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Ach, I've nae eaten a good curry f'r eight months now.
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------------------ Oh, yes, sitting. The great leveler. From the mightiest Pharaoh to the lowliest peasant, who doesn't enjoy a good sit? ~C. Montgomery Burns
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Interesting...either Daryus hasn't been on, or he's not entering the thread... Probably to keep the rest of us second-guessing, without telling us what's REALLY going on...
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------------------ "If every vampire who said he was at the Crucifixion was actually there it would've been like Woodstock. I was at Woodstock. I fed off a flower person and I spent six hours watching my hand move." - Spike, BtVS
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