The day after

[worlok]

As some of you know I grow hot peppers and I'm somewhat of a chilihead. I love the hot food and I tolerate it orally quite well. The problem is the next day. If I eat super hots at dinner, the next morning when it hits my descending colon I get spasms that mean you have to be near a toilet. I've even had this make me late for work. I don't mind the burn on the bomb bay doors ;-) but is there anything one can eat with or after this stuff to make it go through quicker or lessen the spasm effect on the lower colon? As it is I have to relegate my chili eating to Friday or Saturday nights or anytime when I know that spending some time in the toilet x number of hours after is an option. I'm not embbarrassed to ask that. Hey, it's my biology.

 

[Burning Colon]

do you think it could be also what you are eating along with the hot peppers? so an example, when you eat hot peppers you also like them with your favourite meat, grain, pasta or other, like you may aways drink milk when you consume peppers. what i am getting at is, could it be a gluten intolerance, lactose intolerance or fatty meats but the coincidence just happens to be the hot pepper.

for me, i find if i had something like spagetti for supper and used multigrain/whole wheat pasta or if i had a red leaf lettuce salad(that stuff is a colon cleansor). i have never had the problem with chili. today, i made my orange habanero soup(just a pot luck soup with all the leftovers that were in the fridge, since i have run out of scotch bonnets, i had to use habs) i know tomorrow i am going to feel it but it won't be uncomfortable. i use to get the spasms that you are taking about but once i started eliminating certain foods i have never had the spasms. ie. i no longer use regular ground beef but instead use either lean or extra lean. as for red leaf lettuce i still use it along with regular leaf lettuce, romaine and spinach but had to cut the portion size and make sure i chew it really well.

good luck with that.

 

[Crusher]

I know exactly what you are talking about Worlok. That's why I do not eat hot peppers the days before I am in my hospital rotations. I feel that the more I eat super hots the better it gets though. The day after I ate my first super hot was a miserable clinical experience. I'll be keeping up on this post to hear what others do right along with you.

 

[sbaker]

I cramp, I hate it, I didn't put 2 and 2 together until I got ring of fire, but whenever I had a piece of a super hot id get stomach pain the next morning.

 

[worlok]

do you think it could be also what you are eating along with the hot peppers? so an example, when you eat hot peppers you also like them with your favourite meat, grain, pasta or other, like you may aways drink milk when you consume peppers. what i am getting at is, could it be a gluten intolerance, lactose intolerance or fatty meats but the coincidence just happens to be the hot pepper.

for me, i find if i had something like spagetti for supper and used multigrain/whole wheat pasta or if i had a red leaf lettuce salad(that stuff is a colon cleansor). i have never had the problem with chili. today, i made my orange habanero soup(just a pot luck soup with all the leftovers that were in the fridge, since i have run out of scotch bonnets, i had to use habs) i know tomorrow i am going to feel it but it won't be uncomfortable. i use to get the spasms that you are taking about but once i started eliminating certain foods i have never had the spasms. ie. i no longer use regular ground beef but instead use either lean or extra lean. as for red leaf lettuce i still use it along with regular leaf lettuce, romaine and spinach but had to cut the portion size and make sure i chew it really well.

good luck with that.

It's not that none of those things upset me intenstinally just the hot peppers when they hit my descending colon. It causes cramping and urgency - like bowel spasms. I could care less about the burning bungholio though. ;-)

I'm not giving em up though.

 

[Burning Colon]

hey Tom, have you narrowed it down to all hot peppers? fresno up to supers?

just curious, if you can eat a fresno and handle that - they are relatively mild. what i am thinking is finding where your tolerance level actually is.

i understand the spasm, like i mentioned, i use to get a feeling almost like my intestine was knotting and that would send my mind into orbit.

 

[TheLonelyHab]

When I first tried eating Bhut Jolokia chicken wings at this place in town, when I didn't grow my own chili's, I felt the heat in my stomach and got mild irritation at night after eating them. Usually the next day out of the blue I would get the spasm's you talked about. I then started growing my own chili's and started eating them regularly, using 2 a day or more for dinner.

Now I do not feel any irritation or discomfort when eating or afterwards, and even the day after... actually has been eliminated. Get into a regular cycle and start small and then build yourself up and you will build a tolerance for them. I don't even feel any burn south of the border any more.

 

[Scovie]

Oh man, I JUST posted about this somewhere else then I found this thread.
I have to give up Fresh peps due to headaches. I can deal with the colon issues, But this headache stuff has literally nixed it for me.
Hope you guys can find a solution!
Sad day around here.....

 

[mrz1988]

I hope it's true that your tolerance builds intestinally as well as everywhere else. My tolerance 'down under' and on my face and such has always been pretty good, and just recently this season my oral tolerance has gone way up as well. The only problem is I like it as hot as I can stand it, but the next morning or sometimes a few hours after eating them I reallllly feel them in the intestines. If I eat a superhot without much else I can actually feel it entering my small intestine from my stomach with a sudden twisting of my innards.

Seems most of the problems come right before it's ready to come back out in the lower intestines. I get a hard rumble that feels like some good indigestion that usually ends with a nice fiery bang. Not always pretty. As others have said it's not the burn that gets me... it's the stomach pain.

Glad to see this isn't a problem with just me and hopefully it *does* get better

 

[TheLonelyHab]

I would advise changing it up and cutting your daily intake by half until you feel no symptoms. Then continue to eat that amount daily and every other week double your amount. You will eventually be eating mounds of super hots and showing up the pro's. If you are getting physical pain then you are obviously overdoing it.