According to Harvard research, eating oranges stimulates growth of Faecalibacterium prausnitzia.
This bacteria lives inside the human gut and generates serotonin and dopamine — 2 powerful molecules that elevate your mood.
Harvard is one of the top 5 research universities in the world. Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Where does he work ? Harvard.
If you feel sad, eat an orange 🍊
Oranges and other citrus fruit are also significantly acidic, which is hard on teef. So try not to go overboard, or at least rinse your mouth with water afterwards if you eat citrus regularly.
By the same token, do not rinse your mouth with water after brushing your teeth. This gives more of the toothpaste's fluoride a chance to adhere, from my understanding.
Maybe save a step, and simply brush your teef with the orange!
I have never personally known anyone with scurvy... But yeah, they are tasty.
Thats whats known as anecdotal evidence
Ive never met anyone with ebola yet WHO just declared a global emergency
Apparently, most people getting scurvy these days are autistic and have strong food selection preferences so they just dont end up eating anything with vitamin c
I'm sure there are some folks that got a little too into carnivore diets that have managed to serve the scurve
Have a shower orange.
Put orange in fridge to make it cool. Take orange to shower. Observe orange and realize you can eat it as messy and feral as you want. Go full lycanthrope on the orange. Shower off the juice. Go back to being an animal pretending to blend into a society, but now, you know better.
I suggest using a drain filter, then you can just spit out any seeds and just drop the bitter stringy parts.
Those are bitter?? TIL
Aren't they the same substance used in the white part of the peel below the delicious zest? Though I might be thinking about clementines and the white stringy bits that run from top to bottom along the centre. Been a while since I had a proper orange but don't they have even more of that white stuff?
I think the membrane that surrounds the little juice packets is also bitter, if you separate it from the good parts.
Honestly, I have no idea, I can't even taste bitter, I just eat it all haha
Advice from the little book of calm.
Hello poor person. Are you sad because the unprecedented rise of global wealth inequality and corruption has robbed you of any realistic hope for success and stability? Have you tried eating an orange?
I can't afford an orange, so no...
The only oranges I see smell a lot like kerosene...
I don't wanna be that guy, but I have to be fair and ask:
Why should I know this?
Yeah I know, but its not in the body of the post per Rule 2. Plenty of really bad YSKs that didnt belong here had the same thing and I called some of them out too. So in order to be fair I have to ask it here too, thats all.
The fediverse is falling into the same "eh, close enough" trap that homogenizes communities. Look at nostupidquestions, it's already a general questions community devoid of uniqueness
Because you're in denial about your depression
Oh no I'm not.
What if I'm depressed about my denial?
At least for me, all citrus fruits including their juices have an effect that they make me somewhat happier and help somewhat against depression. In the winter, I usually eat several mandarins a day.
😋
True, but here (Denmark) it is literally illegal to sell anything but pure fruit juice as juice, if it is made from concentrate it has to be labelled clearly, and it is only allowed to ad the amount of water that was removed.
If it has added sugar it is called Nektar.
If it has artificial flavors it is called Saft. Saft can also have added sugar. Saft also means Juice, English does not AFAIK have the words to distinguish between pure juice and flavored and sweetened juice.
IDK the rules in other EU countries, but my guess is that they are similar, but localized depending on language.
I think the closest word would be syrup.
I've had chronic pain and depression since I was a kid, I don't think oranges can fix me, but thanks for the advice, I'm sure it'll help someone that's better off.
Does this work with dried oranges?
I drink a tea that has orange in it so it would be awesome if it applies
I mean, this research wouldn't be able to tell what about oranges makes these bacteria thrive, so would need a separate study for dried oranges or similar variations.
Having said that, your tea likely has so little actual orange in it, that it's very likely negligible either way.
There's probably just a tiny bit of orange in each tea bag to begin with, and it might even just be orange peel. And then it's just traces of that which go into your tea water, too.
Of course, drinking tea in general can probably also help with depression in some way. At the very least, it hydrates you and presumably improves blood circulation, which can help get you out of a rut.
I used to take pieces of orange peel, bend them so the inside turns convex and inhale it through my nose, it helped me stay awake in class.
I do a similar thing but i bend the orange peel inside a short glass to spritz the oils, then occasionally lift the glass to my nose and enjoy.
Oh i forgot i also add ~80ml of whiskey, a squirt of simple syrup and 3 dashes of bitters first.
The study is more correlation than causality. Even though they tried to be careful they did not (and can't) account for a plethora of confounding factors, which – especially with depression – is particularly problematic.
They provide a plausible explanation for a causal pathway, but did not prove it. This provides a testable hypothesis, which is why I would read this more like "more research needed", rather than definitive proof. I wouldn't go as far as to say "eat an orange a day, to keep depression away". Although it probably wouldn't hurt to eat some more fruit, given how bad the fruit content in most people's diet is anyway.
So this is, unfortunately, a rather sensationalist takeaway you've provided here, OP. But that's the curse of how we're doing capitalism. Even 'top research universities' like Harvard need to be sensationalist to attract some publicity and get their research funded.
Im in this picture and i like it
Heading to the store...
do people hust have oranges lying around. We get them sometimes when they are in season enough to be cheap and nice.
I eat at least 2 blood oranges a day, sometimes 5 or even 6. They taste so damn good, and they're relatively cheap ($1.49/lb). I literally always have at least 4 pounds on hand, but I just restocked, so I've got 12 pounds at the moment. Sometimes, in the summer, I buy extra so I can juice them. Then I mix the juice with pomegranate juice, and pour the mix over ice in a kala namak rimmed glass. Vodka optional.
well alright then.
Or just eat an orange. You don't have to be sad.
Do lemons work?
You sound depressed.
Can I offer you a lemon in these trying times
We are but that’s besides the point, we actually meant it in a literal way lmao
Lemons are manufactured by mixing a Citron and a Bitter Orange. They’re are not naturally occurring in any way, while the orange is a fully natural occurring fruit. Other than that, lemons are metaphorically seen as struggles or suffering while oranges are shown to be liquid sunshine or joy.
That’s all we meant by lemons being manufactured suffering and oranges being joyous wonders. Was just play on words on our part
Wut
So I can burn my rage off trying to peel all the damn with off while getting covered in sticky juice?
You might like to have an orange.
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Oranges are yummy and keep you from getting scurvy
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