Chillies only give the illusion of heat. Here’s why the Dane’s should chill out.
Chilli peppers – love them or hate them, they’ve got a heat that’s hard to ignore. Recently, their fiery nature has even caused a bit of a stir in Denmark, where Buldak Ramen noodles have been banned for being dangerously spicy.
This deception prompts our body to initiate an inflammatory response similar to what happens with actual burns, leading to swelling, sweating and discomfort. In fact, this very mechanism meant capsaicin was instrumental in identifying and studying the mechanisms involved in our ability to sense heat, for which David Julius received a Nobel prize in 2021.
This also makes for a good gardening life hack. If you are plagued with rats and squirrels eating bird feed then simply dose it with chilli powder and any rodents will be deterred from returning for another taste. This was a rather subjective method, so in the 1980s it was replaced with a more analytical method that directly measures the concentration of capsaicin in the extract.
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