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how bad is spicy food for you

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ranola0312

hey, i've been on this site for awhile but just registered today. i just wanted to ask if it's bad i constantly eat spicy food? i mean i might not be eating stuff as hot as all of you, but i just recently bought the "leviathan" from defcon and i've been putting defcon #1 on a lot of my food, i put chili and cayenne pepper powder on pretty much everything, and i'm always using crushed red pepper. am i on the road to getting a stomach ulcer or something? ever since i've been putting a little bit of defcon1 on my food i've been getting little stomach aches here and there..i was just wondering if all of this is healthy because i'd hate to give it up.
 
Gotta die of something ranola:) Welcome to the forum mate.
As far as i know the positive effects of chillis far outway any adverse ones. Mad consumption has been linked to stomach cancer i believe but mild doses can actually help stomach ailmants.

It also has a beneficial effect in the way it helps to stop people getting prostate cancer (as far as the research i have done).

It can be lethal in high enough doses but you would have to eat a truckload of superhots to get there.

Have a google and you will find out all kinds of info.
Hope this helped and WELCOME :)
 
I have heard the cancer link refuted convincingly.

I am pretty sure that spice ups the metabolism making for a healthier you in many ways. Also capsaicin has been linked (also convincingly) to fighting cancer.
 
its very very bad for you!! look at what it did to the people here ;) :lol:

as for your stomach aches, I think thats because you haven't conditioned your body to something in that SHU range, I haven't tried defcon #1 yet but I'd say its a big step up on the chilehead scale from cayenne powder :lol:
 
The stomach ache could be related to the extract in Defcon 1. If I eat too much of that my stomach gets mad at me sometimes too. I ignore it and numb it with booze. It's the price you pay for enjoying the best wing sauce in the world. Oh by the way, welcome.
 
just wait until you've tried a naga or a bhut, and when your guts remind you what you've just done then you'll think you've got a problem! :lol:
But other than that i wouldn't worry as peppers are all goodness.
 
Anything in excess will cause a stomach ache, even things considered healthy.

Vitamins, fruit, etc.

I can handle a LOT of heat now, but even just last night I had mild discomfort. I ate 10 of Beef O Brady's Nuclear wings......They really aren't that hot, but 10 of them on an empty stomach late at night gave me...not really an ache, but I could tell I had had 1 or 2 more than I should have.

If I had eaten 20, I probably would have puked!;)
 
There are so many health benefits associated with peppers, from helping arthritis to killing cancer cells, and the only real problems I've heard of are with people having respiratory or asthma related problems.
 
Welcome and when it comes to peppers it's good, ALL GOOD!!! I can't say about the hot sauces as haven't had a chance to try any but the ones I made myself but extract sounds like an experience to be missed, might upset the digestion a bit. Other than that I can't believe you can do yourself any damage by eating peppers...some of the superhots might take some getting used to but you'll get there someday.
 
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