In this podcast transcript, the hosts explore the challenges of replicating banana flavoring because its organic compounds break down too quickly. They also discuss the association between the yellow color and banana flavor in candy and suggest creating a gray-colored candy called "Who Cares."
Consuming sweet foods triggers the neuropod cells in our stomach and intestines, which then send signals to our brain to eat more of those sweet foods. This, in combination with the dopamine pain-pleasure pathway, makes it difficult to resist sugary treats.
We often give food morality and label certain foods as "bad," resulting in complex psychological shaming. Instead, we should enjoy these foods and not let them define us as a person.
A person describes the taste of a medication they took and compares it to snot mixed with WD-40 or ground-up Tylenol, with lemon-lime fluids coming out of their sinuses.
Exposing a tooth nerve can be extremely painful and disturbing both physiologically as well as visually, with the nerve appearing like a little pink string or worm. The sensation may feel like extreme tooth sensitivity, but if left untreated, it could lead to infection and tooth loss.