The hot pepper linked to teen’s death can cause arteries in the brain to spasm.

    • bobman@unilem.org
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      1 year ago

      I’d just argue the warnings are for fluff to make the experience seem more authentic.

      • WHYAREWEALLCAPS@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Actually, not fluff. From an article on this in the NYT

        Also last year, about 30 public school students in Clovis, N.M., experienced health issues after eating the chip, KOB-TV of Albuquerque reported. As a preventive measure, the Huerfano School District in Colorado banned the chips, according to a post on its Facebook page.

        In a 2020 study, researchers at the University of Mississippi Medical Center detailed the “serious complications” that can result from eating the Carolina Reaper pepper, noting that a 15-year-old boy had suffered an acute cerebellar stroke two days after eating one on a dare. The Carolina Reaper has been measured at more than two million Scoville heat units, the scale used to measure how hot peppers are. The Naga Viper has been measured at just under 1.4 million Scoville units. Jalapeño peppers are typically rated at between 2,000 and 8,000 units.