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 @@@@ \\\\\\ > 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 ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.