perfect food combinations…wait for it…ngoja kidogo
Chapati-Dondo, Mchele-Nyama, Ugali-Nyama choma, Ugali-Sukuma are some of the most popular Kenyan foods. These foods compliement each other and can rarely go without each other.
Just like githeri bila avocado ni useless!
I can teach you something new, a new combination but you have to read carefully and be very keen in this class of mine. You also have to be above 18years if you are here in the +254-Kenya! Pinch your ears for me.
Add mangoes and marijuana to the Amazingly Wonderful Food Combonition. There is actual science as to why these two are natural food combinations.
Uko karibu kufika…wacha kushukia kwa high-weeiiy
For many years it was rumoured that mangoes and marijuana go hand in hand.That drinking mango juice could get you higher from the same weed. Is this rumour true? Let’s dive deeper…
Well, it’s actually pretty true.
You see, mangoes contain terpenes, these are compounds that provide flavour and smell and are found in all walks of life. They’re the compound that makes pine sap smell as great as it does, but it’s also found inside marijuana too, and gives your favourite strains their distinctive smell.
Teren!…teren!…the jist!
Terpenes help psychoactive substances such as THC to cross the Blood Brain Barrier, which increases THC’s effect on the brain and helps you get higher.
If you eat a mango about 1 hour before smoking, or even just a glass of mango juice, then you can make your high go a lot further because of this effect.
So, now you know, next time, before you spark up, go get a mango!
The effect………
Mangoes have chemical strengthen and lengthen the euphoric feelings felt after smoking or vaping marijuana. Eating the tropical fruit 45 minutes or so before a cannabis session will allow the THC to absorb into your body quicker and the high will stay with you longer. For some, the intoxicating feeling will be slightly more intense.
Most cannabis enthusiasts say that the combination of mangoes and marijuana creates a mellow, sedate sensation.
scientific explanation.….ndio usiseme ni guess work
Is it psychosomatic or merely the placebo effect? Nope. Mangoes are packed with myrcene, a terpene that interacts with THC.Here is how Steep
Hill Labs explains the effect:
Myrcene is known to be anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, and used in the treatment of spasms. It is also used to treat insomnia, and pain. It also has some very special properties, including lowering the resistance across the blood to brain barrier, allowing itself and many other chemicals to cross the barrier easier and more quickly.
In the case of cannabinoids, like THC, it allows it to take effect more quickly. More uniquely still, myrcene has been shown to increase the maximum saturation level of the CB1 receptor, allowing for a greater maximum psychoactive effect. For most people, the consumption of a fresh mango, 45 minutes before inhaling cannabis, will result in a faster onset of psycho activity and greater intensity.
By the way, myrcene can also be found in hops, bay leaves, eucalyptus and lemongrass.
Terpenes are essential oils that provide the fragrance in foods and herbs. When you take a whiff of basil, for example, what you are smelling is the terpenes.
Cannabis strains also have unique terpenes that provide the aroma. Some strains smell lemony (limonene) or spicy (caryophyllene) or floral (linalool).
By the way, mangoes are also rich in Vitamin A and Vitamin C. So grab a mango and give your cannabis a kick!