It's been reasonably suggested several places on this site that the caloric management of Wai can reduce aging by reducing the frequency of cell cycles within your body and therefore allowing you to go longer before exhausting these cells' resources. Some very encouraging new research suggests that ...

As a student, sometimes I feel that it's best to suspend perfect health for a day or two in the way of one cup of coffee when I have a particular essay to write. This has nothing to do with energy or needing to stay awake or the like, but rather with the neurological effects of caffeine. I've found ...

RRM wrote:ginger can cause acne.

is this just something that's been observed or do you know the biochemics of it? just curious

Oscar wrote:Is it at least raw chocolate?

Yep, just ground beans and water. It has little taste on its own but is amazing shaved onto grapefruit or other citrus.

Oscar wrote:Personally I think it's fine to eat a bit of ginger

That's good to hear. I like ginger and also eat a bit of 100% chocolate (dried cacao paste) for the mortality bonus. Obviously can't be reasonably extrapolated, but the oldest person ever verified reportedly ate 1kg of chocolate per week.

Wai says here that ginger (as well as other spices) can contain small amounts of safrole and it is on this basis that they should be excluded from diet. I love ginger and this article suggests that safrole can be almost eliminated through sun-drying. I live in a hot climate so how adverse do you thi...