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Information and uses for capsaicinoids (Hot Peppers)!!
Information and uses for capsaicinoids (Hot Peppers)!! How hot is that chili pepper? Until recently, the answer has been totally subjective—one person’s hot sauce might be another person’s mild. Hot sauce manufacturers require ...
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Warning: Jalapenos are about 5K-50K Scoville Units hot; red savinas are about 300K-500K S. U. hot.
The hot sensation will (start to) go away on its own in 10 to 30 minutes, depending on your unique individualness. It takes about 3 months of daily chile eating to build up a decent tolerance to the capsaicins
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Capsaicins
Capsaicins, present in most hot sauces and salsas, are responsible for the “hot” sensation in many spicy foods. At high doses, capsaicins cause significant discomfort upon contact with the sensitive tissues of the m...
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Why are hot peppers hot and what will cool my mouth after eating them?
Hot peppers contain a group of chemical substances called capsaicins which provide the pungency or “heat” that burns your mouth. The degree of pungency depends on a number of factors – variety of pepper (Haben...
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CHECK WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN FIRST REGARDING INGESTION OF CAPSIACINS!
My advice to anyone suffering ailments of any kind has been to ingest natural capsiacin sources. The capsiacin source has to be “just over your nominal pain threshold” in order to work. If it is not painful enough y...
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GARCIA: Seeing red and turning green with envy over N.M. chiles
JOSEPH GARCIA Tucson Citizen I await the angry phone calls, e-mails and letters to the editor. I half expect an organized protest at the newspaper’s front doors, maybe even getting called into the publisher’s office...
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Peppers for the Winter
As nutrient-rich as they are delicious, hot peppers also trigger an endorphin rush in your brain that’s chemically related to runner’s high and heroin’s kick. Yes, the pepper is truly a friend of the people. C...
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Great Balls of Fire
It doesn’t matter who you are, or what you’ve done, or think you can do. There’s a confrontation with destiny awaiting you. Somewhere, there is a chilli you cannot eat. Daniel Pinkwater, A Hot Time in Nairobi A wise man, that P...
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Habanero Pepper Information
Dave Dewitt, aka The Pope of Peppers, wrote an extensive wonderful article on everyone’s favorite pepper, the Habanero. Here’s just an exerpt of Dave’s article: The Heat Level of the Habanero Although the spec...
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Love Life a Headache? Hot Peppers to the Rescue
Love Life a Headache? Hot Peppers to the Rescue! An estimated half million Americans suffer from “sex headaches” or “orgasm headaches,” which tend to occur on a regular basis during or after sex. Suffere...
