Re: [CH] Scotch bonnets

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At 08:04 PM 6/12/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Re:  eating scotch
>bonnets can give you second-to-third degree burns
>
>It is an absolute, total falsehood.  Capsaicin binds to the same
>nuero-receptor sites that the body uses to transmit the signal for
>burning pain.  Your body is basically fooled into thinking it is on
>fire.  It DOES NOT cause tissue damage. 

Bear in mind also that a third degree burn involves flesh actually being 
charred, this just ain't gonna happen with a chile pepper...


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