Re: [CH] chiles and kidney problems
Dave Drum (xrated@cityscape.net)
Fri, 13 Nov 1998 23:37:17 -0600
Rain wrote:
> I just had lunch with a chilehead friend at a good little Vietnamese
> place, and noticed he was pretty much staying away from the heat
> except for a little sriracha on some excellent crab rangoon (that's a
> heavenly combo, by the way). This surprised me, so I asked what was
> up. He is having to avoid much in the way of hot stuff now, he says;
> he's diabetic and has been through nephritis three times, but even when
> he's well, he says he now gets a very unpleasant burning sensation deep
> in his back, right at kidney level, when he eats much hot stuff.
> x
> Anybody know if this is in fact likely to be kidney pain, or ever heard
> of someone (diabetes/hx. of nephritis or not) getting kidney pain
> from chiles? We aren't talking eating Savinas like candy here; he likes
> to mix up a fairly hot sauce out of a combo of Dave's and something
> milder but tastier, and use it fairly generously, but he's never been
> really over-the-top in his chileheadedness.
> x
> Anyway, I told him I'd ask. (He may be subscribing here soon, too.)
> x
I am a diabetic and a chilehead. I like a little heat in most anything. But,
I'm in it more for the flavour than for the heat. Maybe I'm fortunate in
that I have never had a problem with "ring of fire" or any other after
effects even after doing phet-phet Thai food. I hope your friend comes out
of his problem. But, I suspect that it has more to do with his nephritis
than with his diabetes.
ENJOY!!!