Spicy Foods

Does your mouth water on the very sight of spick food? If yes then what’s best than to make it right at home where you can control how much chilly and other spices are and where you are not under the constant gaze of the cook who fears whether it’s too spicy or not and you are not constantly watched by numerous people turning red!!

But is too much of this stuff good? Does it hamper our taste sensitivity?
Too much of anything is bad and the same goes for spicy food it can cause gastrointestinal discomfort if you have had too spicy a meal, and you should have knowledge about how bad it can be for the body at times if used in excess.

Having too much of spices and chilies lead to a condition called geographic tongue (genign migratory glossitis). It occurs as a result of an allergy because of reaction to certain foodstuffs. Whether or not it’s actually an allergy is yet not clear, but more than anything the causative agent is spicy stuff that one consumes. The onset is rapid and there are varied patterns on one’s tongue suffering from this condition. Afterwards an exacerbation, one has an altered taste sense till a month. It resolves and is not dangerous, but it is absolutely irritating.

Gastritis
If you have too much of chilies chances of you getting gastritis are quite high. Gastritis is nothing more than an inflammation of the mucosa of stomach. It is caused as a result of infections but chilly foodstuff are a major risk factor. Chronic gastritis leads to stomach ulcers. Ulcers get better with time, because it’s just a lesion like any other, but one has to have milder meals.

Acid reflux
Can be triggered by consuming peppery food though it is not dangerous but its bothersome and uncomfortable.

If the condition is chronic then it can advance to cancer of the esophagus, but its very rare, one in a thousand cases. Having less of such spicy stuff is the best precautionary measure, acid reflux can even lead to teeth erosion if severe but its very rare a possibility.

Bad breath
Bad breath can be a big turn off and is a strict no on dates its not a big problem as such but can be highly embarrassing at times .so avoid onions and garlic’s when you wish to get in close proximity of someone

Insomnia
Many don’t know what the relation between spicy food and sleep but the truth of the matter is that too much peppery stuff keeps you awake because it increases the resting temperature of the body (remember how you sweat when eating chilies!) and body needs too cool down before one can rest, too much peppers are bad for your taste buds and the damage they cause is permanent and there is deprivation of the taste senses hence you hear it said all the time that after a while of having chilies you will get used to it, that getting used to is nothing more than damage to your taste buds.