The Agony and Ecstasy of Capsaicin

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8 жыл бұрын

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Like many spice junkies, Dr. Marco Tizzano once believed he could develop a tolerance to the burning, painful sensations generated by eating chilis. But as a chef and researcher in chemosensory sensations, he now knows better. Dr. Tizzano explains how capsaicin creates a chemical cascade inside your body and why emotions might make chili lovers think they can handle the heat.

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@icholi88 8 жыл бұрын

I heard that people who like spicy food respond to pain differently than most and have higher pain tolerances or can enjoy the endorphins produced more than the actual sensation of pain that capsaicin is responsible for.

@HoneyDubey23 7 жыл бұрын

icholi88 Yup! I love spicy food & I have a very high pain tolerance, even people around me tell me that my pain tolerance is high.

@creyag981 3 жыл бұрын

I know a guy who loves spicy food and has the lowest pain tolerance I’ve ever seen 😂 literally passes out if he stubs his toe on the coffee table

@moisesmunoz5549 Жыл бұрын

Yes its true i used to cut myself when i was younger

@ChrisTopheRaz 11 ай бұрын

@@HoneyDubey23 I don’t think pain tolerance is the reason why certain people can endure capsaicin better than others. I have a very high pain tolerance, but capsaicin kicks my ass. Pain tolerance is just how well you deal with getting your ass kicked in the process

@largestudent198 10 күн бұрын

Nah I do feel the pain. It's the thought of eating something others couldn't that brings me joy.

@miaschannelforcommenting 6 жыл бұрын

what's really interesting is following the historical paths that it takes for spices to become relevant in certain cuisines all around the world, because it's a combination of common causes and really divergent causes, just like with lactose tolerance. You even have instances where cultures develop very little spice needs and their cuisine reflects that, even today.

@TingYuHoomy Жыл бұрын

KZfaq hide a lot of useful information for pain and this video is 6 years ago and this is good example.

@OzduSoleilDATA 8 жыл бұрын

My understanding is that Substance P gets depleted as a person eats more and hotter foods, thus developing a tolerance. And Substance P will replenish itself if the person refrains from spicy food for a while. So, there is no damage. One thing not addressed in the videos is cultures that are used to spicy foods. I don't think the answer is that those cultures have damaged their tongues or there's a cultural enjoyment of pain.

@penelopekatz5691 7 жыл бұрын

You first paragraph makes sense to me. I suddenly found myself with a stomach ulcer. Now, after two years, I can't even eat a jalépeno.

@penelopekatz5691 7 жыл бұрын

*your

@ChrisTopheRaz 11 ай бұрын

@@penelopekatz5691 I don’t think peppers do that, however, I have heard that black pepper can. The reason I don’t think peppers do that is because cayenne pepper is often used as a treatment for ulcers. If we are blaming capsaicin for this, you have to take that fact into account before blaming pepper on the ulcer. Ulcers are caused by a bacteria primarily.

@Glaciartest Ай бұрын

There's a societal pressure related to eating spicy food in Mexico. Even families tell you: "You need to learn to eat chili" without explaining why.

@zarkaztick8973 7 жыл бұрын

Well, there's a lot more than pain to it. It's like saying, you should not eat lime because its acidity. Millions of people in different cultures around the world eat chilli everyday, from very young to very old. They enjoy the flavor that it gives to food. Doesn't mean that one has to suddenly eat habaneros, there's a lot of sauces that have a little bit of chilli in them. And there are benefits to eat them too. You can search about it.

@marcopieper7324 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome Luke is back!

@azred256 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dr. Chef. or is it Chef Doctor ? damn working in the kitchen with him would be confusing on how to address him.

@yourmom1302 3 жыл бұрын

People are capable of having varying degrees of resistance to pain. For instance a stubbed toe is enough for some people to cry a little. But for me because I have experienced a great deal of pain before it's more annoying than anything. Everyone starts out with a very low threshold for pain of every kind but bassed off of previous experiences peoples thresholds go up.

@petejackson7976 9 ай бұрын

When I eat chilli food, sometimes I don't feel the burning sensation in my mouth , but my stomach let me know when I have over done it via many trips to the toilet.

@brucecook502 4 жыл бұрын

As a experienced hot chili pepper lover, I was in complete agreement until the end where he stated moreorless that the chili lover and the later both experienced the same thing, but one enjoyed the feeling and the other not because a year ago when i tried a carolina reaper pepper for the first time, it sent me to the sink for 10 minutes running cold water in my mouth because the heat was so unbearable, but today since i moved onto much much spicier chili products, i almost feel nothing from a carolina reaper pepper unless I have gone a couple days w/o eating super spicy foods. I have to use well in excess of 3 million Scovile heat unit products just to feel the same spice that a regular non chilihead would get from just a tiny bit of regular black pepper seasoning, or I wont sense the heat almost at all. If the me 1 1/2yr ago ingested the same 10 drops of pure 16 mil shu oil that I can now w/o too much effect, the old me would end up in the hospitol quickly for sure, because there is a huge gap in appearant tolerance.

@williamgeorgelopezjunior8533 Жыл бұрын

Im more concerned about the possibility they talk about in the which which says possible nerve damage can be done from Trying to build a tolerance … that the receptors act differently and that there is no actual tolerance … somewhere after 3 min in the video

@snapjackal Жыл бұрын

Hitting me with the Saint-Saëns out of the gate 😂🔥

@adrianaslund8605 24 күн бұрын

Milk works cause the casein in milk binds to capsaicin. Ive had a superspicy cheese once that hit me hard initially. But because of the casein it dissipated quickly and didn't give me a stomachache.

@Detschizm 8 жыл бұрын

It's like getting a tattoo!

@SooziinCa 8 жыл бұрын

Great analogy!

@tobiasbeer2689 7 жыл бұрын

pain is not just a perception... or if it is... then the kind of perception that tells you that you're about being harmed, disintegrating, that kind of stuff

@philosophicalinquirer312 6 жыл бұрын

Pain is a perception to avoid harm - however, this is a very generic perception programmed by evolution and not necessarily specific to a particular unique cause - the pain perception system can be tricked, go wrong, produce false information or be interpreted in different ways. Chilli sensation (Capsacin) is one of the examples of the pain system being tricked, at least in low/moderate doses, considering chilli's are not harmful in moderate/low doses. The TRPV1 receptor is actually evolved to respond to heat and fire avoidance - which is an evolutionary adaptation to avoid severe harm and death - yup, dont drink that steaming or boiling hot spring ! Keep away from fire ! Danger of death ! Baring that in mind, credit to the evolution of the Chilli using Capsacin as a defense mechanism to avoid its fruits being eaten by animals, allowing them to dry and survive. However, the bell pepper (ordinary peppers with no capsacin) seems to do quite well. The triggering of TRPV1 however, followed by the inflammatory cascade (substance P and CGRP etc) does lead to some pretty nasty side effects in the gut, which can be harmful - diarrhea, stomach pains, exacerbate any ulceration etc)

@doop00 2 жыл бұрын

I went overboard even to my high standard of spice and now my hearing is worse and in slight pain, turns out spicy food could also lead to temporary deafness.

@TachiTekmo 2 жыл бұрын

Agony & Ecstacy, intrinsically intertwined ... 🥵🌶️🔥😉

@SivilCervant 3 жыл бұрын

I cant even look at a pepper without my tongue burning yall are built different

@david5656able 3 жыл бұрын

I cant tack peppers ether! (I do like bell pepers)

@iassessyou3285 3 жыл бұрын

On god

@azumanguy 8 жыл бұрын

wow nice video. sure could go for hot food right now :D

@HoneyDubey23 7 жыл бұрын

Mmmmm spicy food. 😋😤🌶

@Lloyd.B. 2 жыл бұрын

WARNING DON'T DO THIS (lol) I bought some Capsicum tablets years ago that were hot if tasted, and made me sweat, and eyes water (like it was doing what it supposed to) but since then they have changed to a non-hot version, and most people seem to be staying away from making hot Capsicum tablets or capsules. I was thinking about just getting some chilli powder and putting it in capsules, then thought, if capsaicin is what makes people hot, why not just buy some hotter powder and take less of it?... Does that seem reasonable?.. I think "normal" cayenne power has around 1% capsaicin?.. On a heat chart I saw, it looks like Scotch Bonnet is about 4 times hotter than Cayenne. Does that mean it has 4 times more capsaicin?.. So maybe one capsule of about 500mg of Scotch Bonnet would do the exact same thing as 4 capsules of Cayenne powder?.. Or am I missing something?... Why are not lots of people selling Scotch Bonnet capsule on eBay if it would work better that the Cayenne Capsules?...

@Lloyd.B. 2 жыл бұрын

UPDATE: Don't try that!.. I tried 0.12g of Scotch Bonnet powder in a capsule and it didn't do much. Then upped it to 0.34g and it created a seriously unpleasant experience. The capsule maybe broke too early so the capsaicin ended up too high in the digestive tract. I was faint and sweating with a horrid intense heartburn type feeling high in the chest that felt impossible to deal with. Drank milk and took some anti-heartburn liquid stuff, and it finally passed after about an hour. Yeah, nice theory about getting more capsaicin in Scotch Bonnet, but an awful idea in practice. Maybe if I used a different type of cap it would have got further down and not done that, but still, if the cap splits or something it would still cause that same horrendous experience. NOT WORTH THE RISK.

@asd7625 Жыл бұрын

@@Lloyd.B. you are living in a dangerous way, i like that

@Lloyd.B. Жыл бұрын

@@asd7625 If I thought about the risk properly I wouldn't have done it lol... I guess the tablets I got ages ago kept all the capsaicin locked together until it reaches the gut. Capsules are really bad idea with a substance like that - I heard people use scotch bonnet to keep elephants away in some places, like an animal mace.

@squaddegenerate5000 Жыл бұрын

This video could have done without the weird random close up shots of People making weird faces presumably after eating peppers tbh It also looks like they were asked questions and their responses aren’t even included?

@largestudent198 10 күн бұрын

Ancient vampire peoples fail at spiciness of garlic. They got no chance against the saliva and blood of anybody who has ever eaten a ghost pepper.

@davidonfim2381 8 жыл бұрын

I've always known that spicy food lovers were masochists! I don't get it. I don't get it at all.

@SooziinCa 8 жыл бұрын

Mmmmmmm, yummy!

@RodasTadeu 7 жыл бұрын

lol, painful, is that a joke? I like chillipepper because of the flavour

@roughwoof 2 жыл бұрын

*I would watch this longer but I don't know if it's a good or bad video and I'm not willing to waste my time to find out.* *THANKS KZfaq, FOR THE DELETING THE DISLIKE BUTTON.*

@eazy_austin 9 ай бұрын

I like sriracha and Tabasco and that’s it

@tobiasbeer2689 7 жыл бұрын

I like spicy, especially pepper, but too much chili makes you look like you're burning up from the inside... leaving all the ashes on your skin layer for others to see... just how much you sacrificed to manage not going crazy over all the heat.

@bill605able 6 жыл бұрын

I expected to see way more teary eyes than I did.

@nathanvleugels1 Жыл бұрын

So much misinformation here... you can absolutely build a tolerance to capsaicin, and no, this does not mean that your taste buds are broken. In fact, if you do not eat spicy food for a long time after having built a tolerance, your tolerance for it will slowly diminish. If you eat a jalapeño every day, in a while you get used to it and you don't experience the burning anymore. Anyone who suggests that 2 people are experiencing the same, but one just enjoys it and the other does not, has obviously very little experience with spicy food. spicy food also acts as a taste enhancer, having a similar effect as salt. (wich is why you need less salt on spicy food.) There have been a lot of studies about the health benefits of peppers and capsaicin, and every year more information about this is being discovered. Keep eating and enjoying spicy food :)

@salehaallal4364 3 ай бұрын

I second that. An ex of mine from the Maldives used to make really spicy food I had to go to the bathroom a lot in the beginning but it gradually got better and I ended up loving spicy food

@zaksrdanovich9649 26 күн бұрын

I love reapers

@Ottmar555 8 жыл бұрын

Noice.

@elysium76 Жыл бұрын

I go no higher than jalapeños

@conradsmith9441 3 жыл бұрын

Ahh so i like spicy food not cause I’m used to it but because I’m not a wimp.

@G40rc3 8 жыл бұрын

does that mean that chili lovers are a bit sadistic?

@lefthandpathlovecraftian2927 5 жыл бұрын

More masochistic sadists enjoy giving pain masochists enjoy recieving pain

@lefthandpathlovecraftian2927 5 жыл бұрын

Masochism is the enjoyment or pleasure of pain or sensations that are normally considered or percieved as painful whereas sadism is where one derives pleasure from causing pain to someone else other than themselves and enjoy/recieve pleasure from hurting others or seeing others in pain but mostly in the act of hurting others. Hope this helps

@gm7304 10 ай бұрын

I Love chilies so hot you can feel the roots in your teeth get numb 😃

@loverlei79 8 жыл бұрын

Man I actually fell asleep during this video.

@david5656able 3 жыл бұрын

Me to..

@kris242 2 жыл бұрын

The fact that he was cutting the chilies without gloves makes me cringe for one specific reason: Culinary school class. We were cutting massive amounts of hot chilies. Instructor recommended we use gloves, but one “badass” student decided he dont need no wimpy-ass gloves. Bout an hour later, Mr. Badass over here had to go use the bathroom. 10-15 minutes go by, no sign of him. Suddenly paramedics storm in through our hallways and head immediately into the bathroom. Didn’t see him for another week. He wore gloves every time he chopped any food from then on. 👍

@jedlimen123 8 ай бұрын

@kris242… LOL!! Happened to a friend of mine, came out of bathroom face white, eyes wide, said “I gotta shower”.. I think they were the little green chilis..

@kris242 8 ай бұрын

@@jedlimen123 I touched it once unintentionally with chili hands… only once. Couldn’t sleep the entire damn night 😂