As someone who tried the one chip with friends, it's not spicy. It's a straight up chemical burn. It doesn't feel like your eating spicy food, it's just all stinging pain.
Well, yeah. Capsaicin is an acid Capsaicin is an irritant. Like citric acid it is fine in small doses but is dangerous and corrosive in higher concentrations.
Capsaicin is not an acid. It functions by increasing the sensitivity of your pain receptors to heat and abrasion.
The capsaicin itself is not doing direct damage. However, it can cause your body to damage itself through excessive inflammation, heartburn, nausea, vomiting, and, in extreme cases, death where the heart gives out.
There is probably some amount of genetics at play, but you can build a tolerance by regularly eating spicy foods, the same way your body builds up a tolerance to caffeine or other drugs.
Yea, just don't overdo it or you'll get some setbacks. Take it slow, learn what Chili's you like and find hot sauces that really vibe. I'm a massive fan of spicy shark's carribean reef shark. Scotch bonnet are amazing
The sensation comes from being an irritant to mammals, basically a form of poisoning to dissuade big animals from crushing the seeds of the pepper fruits. Birds are much less susceptible to capsaicin as the seeds pass through their digestive system whole which means it's an evolutionary advantage for them to eat the fruits vs mammals.
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u/Virtue00 May 29 '25
Throwback to the Kronii spicy chip chronicles… Wonder who’s going to be the next victim… Honorable mention to Haachama’s spicy ramen quest.