In a message dated 8/99 8:14:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gdonaghey@bitstreet.com writes: << BEFORE I GET FLAMED..... I'm not claiming all studies are like this >> Calvin, Anyone who flames a voice of reason will be a flamer (or get flamed) him/herself. What we oughtta do is get ourselves a grant to look at heavy-light meat eaters and heavy-light chile eaters in the great southwest and May-he-co. I wonder if heavy meat/light chiles do as well, healthwise, as light meat/heavy chiles. Chiles ain't pure capsaicin, so you make an excellent point, whatever might be true for a "scientifically" measured "dose" of capsaicin ain't necessarily true for a plate of Serranos. Gareth