Hey, just thought I’d add a little something. We actually know now from historical research that becoming sick from cars or planes or just dizziness in general dates back to our not so intelligent cave days. Back when humans were not quite as bright as we are now, by opinion that is, we would tend to make fatal mistakes in our eating habits that our body would be forced to take care of for us. When say, our ancestors would eat something poisonous or a little too raw our brain would recieve a sensation of “oh god get this out of me or I will die!” Thus removing this “thing” from the body. However in those days we were not riding around in cars and planes, and we had no business spinning in circles for no good reason. And coincidentally, the sensation sent to the brain of being poisoned back in the day, happens to be the same as felt from the destabilizing of the equilirium of our inner ear, thus calling upon our ancient instinct of, “oh god get this out of me!” WHen there really is nothing to remove except the yummy Nation’s buger you just enjoyed.
Just thought I’d add that… correct me if I’m wrong of course.
Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Board, tc, glad to have you with us.
When you start a thread, it’s helpful if you provide a link to the Staff Report that you’re commenting on. Helps keep everyone on the same page, avoids confusion or duplication, etc. In this case, I presume, it’s Why do people get car sick?
Next, it would be helpful if you would provide some source for your opinion about our cave-dwellin’ ancestors. Who says (or what evidence is there) that the nerve message of “Ugh, poison!” is the same as the nerve message of “Ooops, dizzy!” ? Is this your own conclusion, or is it supported by some specific research, or what? … would help us know how to respond.
And, again, welcome aboard! we hope to hear more from you!
Unless I’m Nathan, there isn’t even the remotest chance that I would enjoy Nathan’s buger, nor would I consider it qualified to be described as “yummy.”
Pardon me while I go set my brain on fire to remove that image.
Sorry about being so vague. My fisrt time replying wasn’t so clean. However, Mr. Kala’s father sir, if you don’t have a taste for Mr Nation’s Buger I suggest you get one, (sorry again, I meant “burger”).
I believe my addition was uncovered by the World Health Org. a few months ago. So its fairly recent work. Their research was based on a connection found when testing responses from motion sickness and our body’s natural response to a known poison. Both of these situations evoke very similar physical responses and imbalances. I found it to be fairley simple research, thus I would be very surprised if the article was not included somewhere in their online database.
Sorry for all the shortcomings, thanks for patience.
I did find this, a monograph on “ginger”, which says that ginger does work to help motion sickness and they think it’s by “increasing gastric motility and the adsorption of toxins”, on page 6 under “Clinical Pharmacology”.
I have merged the two threads, tc, to make life a li’l simpler. Of course, now the comments by Kat and dwyer make no sense: my apologies.
Again, welcome, tc, and please note the difference between “post reply” and “new thread” buttons, he said with a wicked grin and a wink. (We’ve all done it.)
