The hot pepper linked to teen’s death can cause arteries in the brain to spasm.
I can almost guarantee it wasn’t the chip itself that did anything, but some underlying condition the kid already had that was exasperated by the spice. Perhaps even an allergic reaction. The media is blowing up on this without even knowing the actual cause of death.
Headline: a single chip killed someone!
Article: the cause of death has not been determined
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Most annoying is how much the damn post has been upvoted
Thanks, that was my understanding, was wondering if I missed something
Still no proof capsaicin caused the death. I’m eagerly awaiting for what the autopsy unveils
I really want one of these chips now, thanks little buddy… your life was not lost in vain!!
Yeah, as a hardened chillihead I’ve done extensive reading on the fruits and no where is risk of death ever listed as an issue.
Dragon’s Breath and other extremely spicy peppers are definitely labeled with warnings that they can cause severe anaphylaxis and death by choking.
The media spins that a lot tho. The scientists that cultivated the Dragon Breath pepper and tested it on the scoleville scale gave it a typical boilerplate allergy warning; news spins that as “worlds hottest pepper is LETHAL.”
The effects on blood pressure are well known, but that it can cause spasm of arteries is interesting.
Many people eat lots of spicy food daily and I never heard of serious health issues. Especially a single chip might contain a concentrated amount of capsaicin, but it is unlikely to contain much more in volume then a hot plate of chili con carne or even just a hand full of raw jalapenos. So I assume it is some underlying condition and a shock reaction and not the capsaicin itself.
I would love to see more research into this.
It contains some of the spiciest peppers in existence, with a rating of well over a million Scoville. Jalapeños go up to a rating of ~8000 Scoville.
It’s incredibly spicy.
Yeah, but they sell sauces that go well above those chillis scoville ratings made with extracts that people eat all the time without dying.
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I too hate the extract sauces, they’re just painful without the flavour. As far as I’m aware these crisps don’t use it. The world’s hottest ramen challenge I did was just reaper mash missed into the sauce.
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It’s probably fine for industrial cooking where it’s being heavily diluted. These crisps don’t use it though.
Is it subjective maybe? Do some people like it?
I’m sure it is subjective. My girlfriend is obsessed with hot sauces and loves adding them to food
If I make me did spicy though she doesn’t add any which I take as a compliment
Gonna be real mad if this ends up making it harder to get hot stuff. Don’t push your limits folks, but don’t restrict others.
I did the challenge two days ago. It was the third spiciest I’ve had. Was definitely something that could do harm to someone who doesn’t know how to handle ultra-spicy. The kid won a Darwin Award. You can’t ban spicy food nor should you. This is a parenting issue. If this kid didn’t die from this skull and crossbones coffin wrapped in warnings, it would have been some other TikTok challenge like drinking bleach.
The 14 year old ate the chip at school, there’s no mention of who gave the chip to him. It’s a school administration problem, but hardly a parenting issue unless the mother bought the chip for her son and sent it to school with him. The mother came to pick the boy up right away when he complained of pain, rushed him to the hospital when he lost consciousness, and she is now speaking out to warn others about the dangers of this stupid challenge.
