Would YOU Trust Something Called "Dragon Tears"?! (When a Product Name Is a Warning!)

[HealthAndHappiness]

No I just thought it was ice cream. I was only there with my parents.

Lol, that's a good story that you'll never forget!

 

[seoulsearch]

When I ask google to search for information on why peppers are so hot I find this:

Peppers are hot because they produce a chemical called capsaicin. Capsaicin doesn't actually create heat. Instead, it tricks the pain and temperature receptors in your mouth and skin into thinking you're being burned.

When you eat a hot pepper:

• Capsaicin binds to TRPV1 receptors, which normally detect heat and injury.
• Your brain receives signals that feel like burning.
• Your body reacts by sweating, producing tears, and sometimes a runny nose, even though no actual heat damage is occurring.

From the plant's perspective, capsaicin is a defense mechanism. It discourages mammals from eating the fruit and destroying the seeds. Interestingly, birds are largely unaffected by capsaicin, so they can eat the peppers and spread the seeds.

The hottest part of a pepper is usually not the seeds themselves, but the placenta, the white membrane inside the pepper where the seeds are attached.

Pepper heat is measured using the Scoville Scale:

• Bell pepper: 0 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
• Jalapeño: 2,500-8,000 SHU
• Habanero: 100,000-350,000 SHU
• Carolina Reaper: over 1,000,000 SHU

If a pepper is too hot, drinking water won't help much because capsaicin is oily. Dairy products, especially milk, work better because the protein casein helps remove capsaicin from your mouth

I remember reading about capsaicin and the Scoville Scale a long time ago...

This was very interesting to read, particularly the part about birds being unaffected so they can carry the seeds.

God's design is always amazing!

Thanks very much for taking the time to post this.

 

[Lynx]

Argh.

You know how some things activate your sense of smell and taste as if you're actually trying them?

Garlic jelly and sour cashew juice???

Bleh.

I feel like I need to go brush my teeth -- and gargle.

Cashew FRUIT juice, not cashew NUT juice. (Though it's not really a not, it's technicall a drupe, but...)

Cashew fruit tastes like mango if mango was not sweet at all, only sour.

 

[Lanolin]

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