The hot pepper linked to teen’s death can cause arteries in the brain to spasm.

    • Swiggles@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      I could have also picked a habanero which is admittedly a lot more spicy and it used to be the hottest pepper in the world, but it usually doesn’t cause a big reaction either.

      Anyway, that’s missing the point. I was talking about the total amount of capsaicin which can’t be really high in just one chip. It is just a tiny amount of concentrated capsaicin and I believe that people usually consume more with a regular spicy meal. Hence my believe that not the capsaicin itself is the problem.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, but they sell sauces that go well above those chillis scoville ratings made with extracts that people eat all the time without dying.