stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoTeen’s death after eating a single chip highlights risks of ultra-spicy foodsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down176file-text
arrow-up1132arrow-down1external-linkTeen’s death after eating a single chip highlights risks of ultra-spicy foodsarstechnica.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square128fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·11 months agoUh, I mean, you can die at any one time without anything directly causing it. So no, it’s not necessarily common sense. And spicy foods, even very spicy ones, are consumed daily without too much medically bad happening… certainly not more than, say, eating peanuts.
minus-squarePerfide@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·11 months agoThis chip isn’t merely “very spicy food”, it is explicitly designed to be a challenge. One single chip costs $10 and the packaging is literally shaped like a coffin.
minus-squareNuPNuA@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoThat kind of iconography and style is common for chilli sauces.
Uh, I mean, you can die at any one time without anything directly causing it. So no, it’s not necessarily common sense.
And spicy foods, even very spicy ones, are consumed daily without too much medically bad happening… certainly not more than, say, eating peanuts.
This chip isn’t merely “very spicy food”, it is explicitly designed to be a challenge. One single chip costs $10 and the packaging is literally shaped like a coffin.
That kind of iconography and style is common for chilli sauces.