Re: [CH] Immunity.
Dave Sacerdote (davesas@ntplx.net)
Sat, 13 Feb 1999 18:55:23 -0500 (EST)
>> It might be interesting to learn if this insensitivity is permanent
>>or if it wears off after a period of disuse. But it may be wrong to ask
>>Chile-Heads about that as they would never experince a period of disuse.
Oh, I've had periods of "disuse", and sensitivity does return! Not, of
course, to the level of "pepper wuss", but definitely to the point where
something
ordinarily perceived as mild would taste spicier than that.
>This effect on capsaicin follows a similar pattern. I try to explain to
>non CHers that it is not the case that those of us who like to eat lots of
>hot foods do not build a higher tolerance for pain, but actually don't
>percieve the heat nearly as much as those who have not developed a
>resistance to capsaicin.
That's the way I see it too, Mark: I'll have a taste of something that my
wife finds just at the edge of her comfort zone, and I have to add hab
powder to it just to break a little sweat. <g> Pain has nothing to do with
it (I won't eat something that makes me *hurt*).
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Dave Sacerdote
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