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Thursday, July 11, 2019

Durian VS Sugar Cane + Viagra

Sugar cane rosemary ice slushy.

Market auntie selling black sugar cane.

Black sugar cane.

Tourists.

Durian is a vasodilator. This means it acts to widen veins and arteries, thus lowering blood pressure. Some people's migraine headaches are caused by overly dilated veins and arteries in the brain. I must be one of those because I stuffed myself with too much durian on Monday and promptly woke up with a migraine on Tuesday morning. I also tend towards low blood pressure so I guess a vasodilating food like durian simply is too much of a good thing for me.

Alcohol is a vasodilator too, which explains the hangover headaches the day after you get drunk. So, I guess I had a sort of durian hangover. It was not pleasant I tell you. I felt hot and was grumpy all day. I walked everywhere with my hair covering my face in order to not have to talk to anyone unnecessarily. No one wants to talk to someone who looks like the ghost from The Ring.

For people like me, who are prone to low blood pressure, it is entirely possible that eating durian with alcohol can lead to a fatal stroke. I believe it now because my vasodilated migraine was very uncomfortable.

Viagra is also a vasodilator. It was originally intended as a medication for hypertension. It dilates veins and arteries to lower blood pressure. At low doses, it does help lower blood pressure. At higher doses, it works for erectile dysfunction by dilating the veins and arteries all over the body, including in the errr... you-know-what. This begs the question then. Why don't men just eat a lot of durian? It should logically be a natural remedy for erectile dysfunction, and it also tastes good to boot.

Miraculously, my headache went away after 1 glass of very diluted sugar cane juice. I am not sure why. I kind of researched a bit and found that (according to Traditional Chinese Medicine) durian and alcohol are both considered heaty foods. Sugar cane is a cooling food. The little old lady who sells herbs and black sugar cane on the steps of Chong Pang Market told me that sugar cane clears toxin and heatiness.

Therefore, men should NOT drink too much sugar cane juice. Makes sense? Please don't take my word for it. I am not that kind of doctor. My PhD equips me to mess with people's minds, not their bodies.

Whatever it is, I guess my 1 glass of sugar cane did manage to clear heat and toxin (whatever that really means). So nowadays, on very hot afternoons, I dilute sugar cane juice using 1 part juice and 3 parts ice. It blends into a refreshing and not very sweet ice slushy which I flavour with fresh rosemary from the garden. Fresh rosemary RAISES blood pressure. I need that.

As a footnote, I am pleased to note that my Chong Pang Market is exotic enough to warrant a group of tourists!!


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