Re: [CH] Heat tolerance
green56 (green56@PioneerPlanet.infi.net)
Fri, 25 Feb 2000 18:06:56 -0600
I agree with you, Calvin.
When I first hit TX and wondered why they'd put *okra* in a salad... One jalapeno
slice would send me screaming, running into the nite...
By the time I left there to return to MN, I could eat them outta the jar like pickles.
Then, not having jalapenos for quite sometime, had to "reteach" the taste buds and was
back at square one again.
I get cravings where I can't get enuff chiles in any form - well... but for that
ONE... - and consume copious amounts. And the more I eat, the greater my tolerance
is. I then reach a level where I don't want (need?) any more and I slack off.
I've found that on off days, where I don't feel well or I have a great amount of pain,
I'm overly sensitive to any amount of chile and can't even handle a small dusting of
chipotle powder when usually I can handle gobs of it, and even your green powder.
On crummy days like a bad day at work I've found I can double, even triple my chile
intake as it helps my mood.
Mind altering? Gotta love it!!! Ittiz legal! :)
Calvin Donaghey wrote:
> Robert-
> In my experience, variance in tolerance is a natural result of intake and body
> chemistry. I find that pushing myself past the comfort limit for several days
> increases the limit, just like working out increases strength limits. Likewise,
> limiting my intake of heat makes me more sensitive to it. This is probably further
> affected either way by body chemistry. For example, I have been prescribed BIAXIN,
> an antibiotic, and it had two strange side effects:
> 1. It made me want to eat all the time. Really bad news for the slightly
> overweight geologist.
> 2. It made me CRAVE spicy food. I was visiting my brother at the time, and
> consumed incredible volumes of Pickled hot peppers, hot pepper pizzas, picante
> sauce, powder (I brought my own stash), and on one occasion, all the bottles of
> Hab. sauce the Mexican Food place had on hand.
> I feel sure that similar but lesser side effects occur with the things we eat and
> drink every day, without us really noticing it. I have found that dairy products
> stimulate my appetite and tolerance for heat, while acidic products like tomato
> paste decrease them.
> I can't speak for other Chs, so I guess you'll have to ask them or experiment.
> Calvin
>
> Robert A Reed wrote:
>
> > One of the things I,ve been puzzled about for quite a few years now in
> > changing heat tolerances . while I.m usually able to tolerate a fairly
> > high amount of scovils , sometimes I can't seem to get enough ( I then
> > can dump lots of endorphine rush and it will hardly phase me ) , but then
> > there are times that I wimp out and find a medium heat Jalapeno sauce
> > more than I can handle. ( fortunately that doesn't happen to often )
> >
> > Does this hapen to any of you out there and more important when does it
> > happen I would like to trace this out so that I would at least have a
> > warning on when it might occur.
> >
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