is hot sauce bad for you

[OOBradm]

you know like Franks Red Hot....

is it bad for you health?

 

[jadinolf]

I wouldn't think so, considering you don't go crazy using it.

 

[George P Burdell]

no

 

[jagec]

IIRC it's actually good for you, if you don't overdo it.

 

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

yeah, it slowly burns a hole in your brain until you can no longer feel the pain, thats what people call "hot food tolerance", its really just the step before mental retardation

 

[Winchester]

Hot sauce is good for you because of the pretty much 100% vegetable content. There is no fat, almost no calories. You can eat the hound out of it.

 

[BatmanNate]

It's good for you. Most hot peppers contain antioxidents and ascorbic acid, plus capsaicin is an anticoagulant if I recall correctly.

I've also read studies that indicate there is no connection between capsaicin and ulcers or acid reflux, as is often though.

 

[Kelvrick]

i thought the burning was your taste buds burning off, so the "heat" you feel is just pain.

so basically people ate spicier and spicier foods because their buds are gone and they need really really spicy foods for it to taste good.

 

very.

 

[zoiks]

It can be bad for you. It may just end up causing you Acid Reflux.

 

[dighn]

aside from the additives i don't see why it would be... should be no worse than ketch up

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick
i thought the burning was your taste buds burning off, so the "heat" you feel is just pain.

so basically people ate spicier and spicier foods because their buds are gone and they need really really spicy foods for it to taste good.

Capsaicinoids don't actually "burn your tastebuds off", they irritate the epithelial cells lining your mouth and throat, and your brain releases endorphins to compensate, resulting in a sort of 'Capsaicin high'.

 

[TechnoKid]

so if i ate pure or near pure capsaicin powder, i wouldn't die, just be in a lot of discomfort?

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
so if i ate pure or near pure capsaicin powder, i wouldn't die, just be in a lot of discomfort?

i dunno would you choke to death?

 

[TechnoKid]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
so if i ate pure or near pure capsaicin powder, i wouldn't die, just be in a lot of discomfort?

i dunno would you choke to death?

hmmm thats a good question. maybe i'll have to buy some lab grade stuff or pay a lot for one of blair's mixes.

 

[oogabooga]

interesting line of thought... what i was going to post is
"Well, it's not bad for you till you have to go the bathroom" but it seems inappropriate in this scientifically driven line of thought now.

 

[UncleWai]

Anything over the top is going to be bad for you.
Tabasco might not be bad for you, but some powerful hot sauce is definitely not good.

 

[Ticks]

a guy i work with puts hot sauce on EVERYTHING...

i saw him pouring it into soup the other day. It was like a chicken noodle soup or something.