Can eating raw hot peppers be bad for you?
I've seen a lot of videos of people eating super hot peppers over and over again. It looks intense. Can this cause any long term damage?
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Answers ( 2 )
There are differences of opinion about whether eating too much spicy-hot food dulls one's taste buds. I have enjoyed it all my life, and now I do find my palate becoming less sensitive to nuances of taste; but then I am also 75 years old, so there might conceivably be other explanations.
If you eat a Ghost Pepper you will be in a lot of pain for an hour or two initially, and then again the next day... but I doubt that it causes much actual damage.
Eating a lot of peppers can really aggravate your intestinal system, can cause a burning sensation, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and can even go so far as to cause chest pain from the burning sensation.
Now, my brother likes spicy, he made a dish a few years ago that was so spicy he lost sensation in his tongue, his eyes became bright red and irritated, and I can assure you that the hollering that came from the bathroom in the middle of the night were something you don't want to hear or ever experience.
Now, they may not actually cause a burn, may not cause ulcers, may not cause hemorrhoids, but what they will do is trigger attacks in the body in reaction to the extreme heat. They will cause pain. So, moderation. That's the key word.