patrick said:Someone told me on the TV show "1000 Ways to Die" that one of the ways was a heart attack brought on by eating too hot of a chili. Not sure about it though.
LGHT said:What's the worse that could happen if you eat too many hot peppers? Stomach Ulcer? Death?
UnNatural said:In high doese capsaicin acts as a protonophore in the mitochondrial membrane, uncoupling oxidative phosphorylation and making ATP energy production less efficient. In effect, part of the energy that is normally produced from cellular respiration is wasted as heat. This inefficiency is proportional to the dose of capsaicin that is taken. Thus, as the dose increases and energy production is made less efficient, the metabolic rate is increased (and more fat is burned) in order to compensate for the inefficiency and meet energy demands. Interestingly, the factor that limits ever increasing doses of capsaicin is not a lack of ATP energy production, but rather an excessive rise in body temperature due to the heat produced during uncoupling. Accordingly, capsaicin overdose will cause a fatal fever. Case reports have shown that an acute administration of 20–50 mcg/kg in humans can be lethal.[1]
Just kidding. That was the effects of dinitrophenol
LancelBracken said:I have compiled a transcript, from the moment of ingestion.
"Trinidad scorpion... here we go!
*crunch*
Nice fruity taste. Little bit sweet at the start.
Starting to heat up already...
Ohh..
*indistinct* not a whole lot...
*cough*
*cough*
Ohh-ohh
Wow.
That's like.. a bomb just went off in my face.
That's hot.
*cough*
*cough cough cough*
*cough*
Wow...
*cough*
Ohh-ohh-ohhhh
The heat is unbelie-AHH-unbelievable.
*cough*
And it just keeps getting worse.. ohh..
*sigh*
*sniff*
It's a lot in the back of the throat. Ohh. Ahem.
Very hot.
Oh good grief.
*slurp*
This was a mistake.
*sigh*
I can't even really talk right now.
It's a lot in the back of the throat.
Drooling.. sweating..
*heavy breathing*
This one hurts, guys.
*panting*
*sniff*
It's like my whole body is ringing.
The flavour was good, what i could tell, but this is just... unbelievable.
*panting*
The back of my throat is just in 'meltdown mode'.
This was definitely too big of a step from orange habanero straight to trinidad scorpion.
The pain you get from a bee-sting... that's me.. my mouth, my throat, my ears.
This was such a mistake.
It's going up my jaw, into my ear.
It seems to have hit a peak.
Not good.
Ohh.
*panting*
*sniff*
It's really a strange feeling. My whole body is tingling. Sweating profusely, not even gonna put on the glasses i know they'll just fog up instantly.
It's a singular kind of pain."
*TRANSMISSION ENDS*
Skydiver said:Can't get the damn thing to work anywhere, so as soon as I can, I'm going to (frak me so hard for saying this) do another one on webcam with a frakkin timer this time and post it up for the lulz.
And yes, when I went on vacation I took my Battlestar Galactica series rip to watch.
frakkin Cylons