Teen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chile consumption and had a heart defect, autopsy says

"Died of high chili consumption"? Is this actual English? Those words don't seem to fit together that way. I feel like if this were a real thing, Thailand wouldn't exist.

So he died of a heart defect, exacerbated by high capsaicin intake.

As a chili pepper lover myself I absolutely do not get this garbage trope of treating chili pepper consumption as some kind of contest. The idea is to add heat to your food - not prove your pathetic "manliness."

In my opinion, anything above Habanero is just pointless masochism for no good reason at all.

As someone who regularly eats 1million+ Scoville chilies and sauces, these chips ain't nothing to fuck with. It gave me the absolute worst stomach pains I've ever had, it was like the flu but worse. There's gotta be something in those chips that at a level that's not normal for peppers.

High chile consumption

So, don't eat an entire country. Got it.

Its not a challenge if you can't fail

Eat Hot Chip and Die?

This happened in August 2023.

https://apnews.com/article/massachusetts-one-chip-challenge-teen-death-5e421f73f5cc0e439ea05f228f4b8465

I don't get why anyone likes eating super spicy foods. After a certain level of heat there is no more flavor, just spice, and it clearly can cause serious problems for your body. What is the draw?

Man these heart defects are scary. I know at least two people IRL that just dropped dead very young from an undiagnosed heart defect. One was a very fit athlete.

Poor kid. Poor family. Shitty situation all around.

Large doses of capsaicin can increase how the heart squeezes, putting extra pressure on the artery, noted Dr. Syed Haider, a cardiologist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.

Is it the nerves or the muscles of the heart that have this reaction to capsaicin? And does it only target the heart?

I am an adult, and I do like spicy food, but I'd like to throw in that this chip is fine. It's spicy, but not crazy. It was hot for a few minutes and then not hot.

I'm more surprised that the article affirms that large amounts of capsaicin can be physically damaging in some way. I've never heard of that before.

He tried to eat Chile? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile

This story has been edited to conform to AP style: chile, instead of chili.

WTF???
They actually changed it on purpose to be stupid?

Those things are awful. They use charcoal in them and it tastes like snorting campfire ashes.

Spicy death!

Maybe too soon.

If you play stupid games you win stupid prizes.