David, et al- Huckypucky! I first started eating chiles because of severe allergies. The peppers cleared my head for a while and helped me breathe. Very soon I realized the chiles ENHANCED my taste capacity, maybe by improving the connection between olfactory and thinkfactory---I don't know. Even though my allergies are under better control now, chiles still enhance flavors and my ability to taste and smell. Calvin David C. Yoshiba wrote: > Greetings all, > > Evidently, there was a bit on one of the local TV networks that sounds like > it should be confirmed. I didn't have the joy of seeing this program myself, > but someone who did tells me the consequences of eating too many chiles was > expounded to all. Apparenlty, in reaction to all that heat, the skin of the > tongue is supposed to thicken and this impairs to some agree our sense of > taste. This sounds like a bunch of compost to me. I may occasionally say > things that are calous, but I don't believe I have calouses on my tongue. > > David Yoshiba > http://www.geocities.com:80/NapaValley/6855/index.html