Chilli contest results in brain disorder


Mature California Reaper chilli peppers. Image: Scimex
Mature California Reaper chilli peppers. Image: Scimex
Eating a California Reaper – the world’s hottest chilli pepper – proved to be a mistake for a young American who ended up hospitalised with thunderclap headaches The 34-year-old man ate the pepper during a hot pepper eating contest, and immediately became ill with dry heaves but no vomiting, the authors of a paper published

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