July
17
/ 2022
A low-cost, high-risk drug hiding in plain sight – in your kitchen cabinet! This is a highly aromatic spice that can change the trajectory of your food, and is sometimes used as a healing agent in traditional medicine. It’s nutmeg, a commonly used spice that comes from the nutmeg tree, indigenous to Indonesia, utilized in spiced desserts, eggnog, and even savory meat and vegetable dishes! Unbeknownst to many, this seemingly aromatic enhancer has a dark side - nutmeg contains a substance called myristicin, a narcotic with very unpleasant toxic side effects if taken in large quantities. The Origins of Nutmeg: Indonesian and Asian Connections Nutmeg is the dark reddish-brown seed within the fruits of myristica fragrans; the seed is surrounded
