[CH] chiles and ulcers

raincrone@juno.com
Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:37:44 -0400

Mich said: 
> There are people with either irritable bowel >syndrome or serious 
stomach 
> ulcers that absolutely cannot handle spices with heat.          

Yeah, that's a point, I hadn't thought about IBS.  But ulcers?  I'm
ulcer-prone, and I've cleared up two of mine quite rapidly by eating
chiles, and had a marked reduction in pain during the process.  
Fortunately my internist's a chilehead who doesn't think I'm insane when
I say that; 'fact, he wishes he could persuade some of his other ulcer
patients to give it a try.   

Rain
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> have a hard 
> time understanding it as well but I have seen first hand from a 
> friend with 
> irritable bowel syndrome.   We were on vacation last year in Florida 
> and we 
> decided to make a simple spaghetti sauce for dinner.    I of course 
> needed to 
> add some heat and all that was in the house was dried Chile pepper 
> flakes  
> (which to a chilehead is like black pepper with a bite).
> Forgetting about the peppers, I gave my friend the rest of my sauce 
> when I 
> was done and he took one bite.    I have never seen anyone sweat 
> like he 
> did......His stomach was upset and he had to sit with a towel to 
> catch the 
> perspiration for 1/2 hr!!!
> Unbelievable but a true story  :)
> 
> Mich

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