- Spoiler alert!
You're never going to look at coffee the same again.
- [Narrator] It makes you behave like the village drunkard
in some early Irish novel.
Total loss of all basic motor skills,
blurred vision, no balance, numb tongue.
- There are a lot of foods that can get you high,
but the ones I'm about to tell you of aren't some type
of obscure root sourced from the rainforest;
no, these are foods that are readily available
in any supermarket.
That next trip to get groceries
is gonna feel a lot different after this.
Here are 10 everyday foods that can get you high.
Number one is coffee.
Coffee is something many people simply
can't start their day without.
But, drink enough of it, and yes,
you absolutely can get high.
Because it's so popular,
people often forget that it's a drug,
more specifically, the caffeine part.
Caffeine can boost your energy, making you feel more alert,
and even give you an elevated sense of wellbeing.
And guess what?
That's the definition of being high.
Now, to be clear, 400 milligrams is the healthy max
that a person can consume in a day;
but that's only about three to four cups of coffee,
and if you drink more, you can actually get high.
In fact, five cups of coffee or more
can actually lead to caffeine intoxication;
which causes nausea; diarrhea;
and even worse, mess up your nervous system.
Two male undergrad students from Northumbria University
in England nearly died while taking part of a study
to test the effects of caffeine on exercise.
The researchers accidentally gave them 30 grams
of pure caffeine instead of 0.3 grams.
That's almost 300 cups of coffee!
Almost immediately,
both men experienced violent side effects,
like convulsions, blurred vision, and vomiting,
and both had to be put on dialysis.
So, coffee can perk you up, but just don't overdose on it.
Number two are mulberries.
If you feel like seeing things that aren't there
and don't mind being bent over the toilet shortly after,
try some mulberries!
Raspberries' uglier, more exotic cousin,
they're normally found in tropical places,
and these berries can be quite toxic to humans
if they aren't fully ripe.
Eating unripe mulberries can get you high,
leading to moderate hallucinations and lightheadedness.
But you might wanna think again if you were considering
starting a psychedelic-pies-and-jams business,
and that's because these bad-boy berries
are actually a natural laxative;
and a super powerful one, at that.
So to avoid a day in the bathroom puking your guts out,
don't eat these.
Number three is nutmeg.
The smell of nutmeg immediately makes most people
think of Christmas; eggnog;
or fruit cake, which I happen to like.
Don't judge me.
It's one of the most common spices you can find
in holiday desserts, but having too much of it
can really screw up both your mind and your body.
The active ingredient in nutmeg that gets you high
is called myristicin, which the human body is capable
of converting into an amphetamine-style psychedelic.
All you have to do is ingest as little as four teaspoons
of this spice, and at first you might feel
as good as Christmas morning,
with some mild hallucinations and the feeling
of pins and needles in your arms and legs.
But just when you think that you're in the clear,
five hours later the dizziness and nausea will set in,
and you'll find yourself curled up in a ball,
paranoid that the world is caving in on you
while your mouth becomes as dry as the Sahara.
And the next morning you'll be having
one of the worst hangovers of your life, from nutmeg!
Does that sound like a jolly good time to you?
I don't think so.
Number four are chili peppers.
You might be thinking: "But the only thing getting high
"from chili peppers is my core temperature."
Yeah, but you're mistaken.
It turns out, chilis are quite useful in medicine.
Chilis contain high levels of capsaicin,
which is the chemical that causes
the spicy food to be spicy.
But it's also responsible for sending out endorphins
in response to all of that heat.
See, when your body senses heat, it releases endorphins
to ease the anticipated pain of getting burnt.
On the skin it can feel like numbness;
and when you eat them, the effects are even more intense.
In fact, historians believe that the Mayans
were way ahead of the sriracha trend,
and were using chilis as hallucinogens over 9,000 years ago.
Chili peppers can bring the feeling of euphoria
as the pleasure center of your brain gets stimulated.
That's why, when you eat something really spicy,
it may feel like a blowtorch to your mouth,
but eventually the discomfort goes away,
and you kind of start to feel good.
And it's chasing that high which is part of why
barstool daredevils keep ordering the suicide hot wings.
Number five is sarpa salpa.
One fish, two fish, red fish, I'm a fish,
everything is melting, purple is my spirit animal!
There's a fish out there that's totally capable
of making you hallucinate if you eat it.
The sarpa salpa is usually found
in the eastern Atlantic ocean and Mediterranean Sea;
but, it can be found on many a dinner plate, as well.
The body of the fish is completely edible,
and maybe people enjoy it.
But eating its head is where the real trip begins.
The sarpa salpa eats a lot of algae and plankton,
which can contain hallucinogenic chemicals called indol.
It's hard to tell how much indol is in the fish
just by looking at it, so it's pretty much a coin toss from
just eating a fish head for the sake of eating a fish head
or having the worst hellfire-and-brimstone
trip of your life.
Be sure you've got someone to watch over you if you do this,
which I do not recommend,
but you'll probably regret it either way.
If you do try it, you can at least feel like the Romans,
which also ate sarpa salpa to trip balls.
Which also kind of explains a lot
about the Romans, doesn't it?
Number six are mushrooms.
Obviously this video is for entertainment
and educational purposes only,
so I'm not saying to go out there and try any of these,
especially this one 'cause you could literally die from it.
Mushrooms are a form of fungi,
and there are literally thousands
of different species that exist.
This makes it kinda hard to figure out which one
would be a good pizza topping, or which ones
will make you think that you're in the land of Oz,
or which ones will kill you instantly.
Psilocybe, or magic mushrooms,
have been used as a psychedelic drug for ages.
Like other mild hallucinogens,
they can cause a sense of euphoria
and feeling like you live in a kaleidoscope
while also causing dizziness, nausea, and vomiting.
Bummer.
But since most mushrooms look so similar,
if you aren't a trained botanist,
you could end up taking a lethal dose
of something super poisonous.
So unless you bought it from the grocery store,
it's best to leave the magic to the professionals.
Number seven are poppy seeds.
It's been a longstanding rumor that poppy-seed bagels
have caused some people to fail their drug tests.
But before you dismiss that as just a myth, keep watching.
Opium is actually made from poppy seeds,
which contain morphine and codeine.
And, poppy-seed bagels have, um, a lot of them.
Yeah, there's a reason that Dorothy passed out
in the field for like a day, guys.
These are some of the most addictive painkillers out there,
which makes it no surprise that, centuries ago,
opium fueled the global drug trade.
Even today, there is a huge problem of people abusing
prescription pills, trying to chase down that same high.
Now, granted, you'd have to eat a lot of poppy seeds
to get you messed up, but,
depending on where the poppy seeds came from,
it is most definitely possible that you could get high.
Number eight is Stilton cheese.
You don't even have to be awake
to get the effects of this drug/food;
in fact, it's better if you're not.
Dating back to the 1700s,
this particular pungent type of blue cheese
was founded in a village called Stilton in England.
The cheese is exported around the world,
but there are only three countries in England
that still make it according to its strict code.
If you aren't a fan of strong cheese,
you might feel like just a bite will knock you out,
but the truth is, it's actually known
to affect the dreams of those who eat it.
A survey completed in 2005 by the British Cheese Board,
yeah that's a thing, found that 75% of men and 85% of women
who consumed Stilton cheese just half an hour before
going to sleep had incredibly strange and vivid dreams.
Many even reported that the dreams were so real that it
was if they were having hallucinations rather than dreaming.
Well, it sure seems like a halloumi of a good time.
I mean, it sounds pretty great.
Really, it doesn't get any feta than that.
OK, I'm just go listen to some R & Bree.
Number nine is rye bread.
While not every piece of rye bread comes with
that little something extra to get you high,
it doesn't mean that the next sandwich you have won't.
In fact, historians claim that this seemingly
innocent baked good could have been the cause
of some of the events that got people tried
as witches during the Salem Witch Trials.
See, ryegrass is susceptible to a fungus
called Claviceps Purpurea which causes
a little thing called ergot poisoning.
When ingested by humans, this stuff can lead to many issues,
including headaches, nausea, and intense hallucinations.
Which maybe isn't so surprising when you consider
that ergot contains ergotamine,
which just so happens to be a psychoactive chemical
which is used in the synthesis of LSD.
So you may not feel "Awesome, dude", but,
if you're looking to see and hear things that aren't there,
a little ergot poisoning with your rye bread in the morning
is just what the unlicensed back-alley doctor ordered.
And number 10 is sugar.
OK, you've heard of a sugar high before, right?
Well, before you go dismissing it as something
that exclusively happens to children
binging on cake and candy at a birthday party,
let's discuss just how much of a drug sugar actually is.
For starters, it's important to understand
that sugar affects people differently.
Our bodies tend to burn through the basic carbohydrates
that make up sugar pretty quickly,
leaving the body to have a short burst of energy.
Now, this doesn't last long, but it feels great,
so naturally, we start to crave even more.
So, this is a substance that you can take internally,
get a short high from, and then crash,
and it makes you want more of it?
Sounds like a drug to me.
In fact, believe it or not, excessive amounts of sugar
can actually damage internal organs in ways
that hard drugs like heroine and cocaine never could.
So, after learning that, it shouldn't be
a surprise that sugar is highly addictive.
The problem with so much packaged and processed food
out there is that sugar is in practically everything,
making it really hard to avoid.
That being said, damn sugar, where's my Pixy Stix?
So those were 10 foods that can get you high.
Today's question is: what other foods do you know of
that can get you high as a kite?
I want to know what it is, and also what it does to you.
You know, for a friend.
So, leave your response below
because I'll be reading through them,
and I'll pin the best one to the top.
And thank you guys so much for coming by today.
Remember to come back tomorrow and every weekday
at three p.m. Eastern Standard Time
because I'll have a brand-new video for you.
I will see you then.