This article will feature secrets from Italy and France about muscle soreness, scents and being witty, and resistance to tooth decay.
And these secrets are all based on our ordinary foods.
Find out more below.
Italians are hardworking people.
To soothe their tired muscles, they mix their own muscle balm.
Combining olive oil and camphor (you can get this in a local drugstore) in equal portions, Italians relieved their muscle aches for many centuries already.
This olive oil-camphor mixture increases blood flow when applied to the skin.
In addition, it also reduces soreness and relieves tension.
The soothing olive oil also blends well with the burn of camphor.
Even if you smell like olive oil, this mixture, especially with massage, will really make you feel relaxed.
Crammed with lemons all over the island, Sicilians are known to be witty and smart with their decisions even with under pressure.
A research discovered that workers on a room scented with lemons made fewer mistakes when compared with their counterparts on an unscented room.
The explanation is that the lemon scent can stimulate the hippocampus, the part of the brain that controls the sense of smell and your concentration.
Thus, lemon scent in your workplace means you are more alert and smarter.
Take it from the people of Sicily.
In the neighboring France, a study found that cheese can make your tooth enamel more resistant to decay due to sugar.
Furthermore, cheese also neutralizes the effects of plaque.
Cheddar cheese contains substances like phosphate and casein, a compound which binds with calcium to shore up the tiny cracks in the enamel.
Follow the French and eat cheese consistently to make you more resistant to tooth decay.