Spicy Food Waiver: Fill & Download for Free

The best known "spicy" foods in the United States contain Capsaicin. Capsaicin is an irritant that causes a burning sensation with any tissue it touches. It's no wonder that mouth, esophagus, and the rest of the digestive tract are burning when they come in contact with it.Now, let me introduce you to my little friend, C63H98N18O13S, also known as "Substance P". With a codename like that it's almost guaranteed that it's a big bad thing, and indeed it is - the "P" stands for "Pain". Substance P is responsible for transmitting pain information to the brain. Without boring you with the details, the important part for us is that Capsaicin works because it interferes with Substance P and Substance P is adversely influenced by it.You see, Capsaicin does a number on you. It binds to a neurotransmitter which usually only opens in temperatures higher than body temperature. This is, scientists speculate, why it feels "hot" to eat hot food. As Capsaicin sits on the transmitter it causes it to open at lower temperatures and that, in turn, causes a depletion of pre-synaptic Substance P.Less Substance P means, you guessed it, less sensation of heat and pain when eating foods containing Capsaicin.A friend of mine came to the United States when she was 18 to study in New York. Despite her best efforts she slowly converted to (still mostly vegetarian) western foods. Her first visit home her mother cooked her her favorite meal - and my friend went screaming for the bathroom. Substance P had rebuilt in her body after prolonged absence, turning foods she considered at best mildly spicy in her childhood into infernal plates of doom.So, how do you do it? Slowly. And with an eye on not trying more than you can stomach, pun intended. Start with a little heat here and there, add a little more when you feel like it's nothing, and work your way up. Another friend of mine went from not being able to stomach even mild Indian food to competing in and winning the Atlanta Hot Wings Challenge. That's the one where you not only sign a waiver but paramedics stand by.Go slow. And, for all that is holy, don't forget that food should taste of more than the smell of pepperspraying cops in the morning.

Waiver? Do you mean s warning? It depends. Most Mexican food should be spicy so warnings on all extra spicy food. Chinese? Most Chinese food that is more than mild has warnings. Thai food? That stuff is crazy spicy to start so if you walk into the Resturant you should know better.If you can’t eat spicy food let the waiter know. Most of the time it isn’t spicy enough for me. C

Speak for yourself, person.I like it hot. I've had to cut down on the heat some due to stress and stomach issues, but I've literally eaten food so hot it collapsed my sinus cavities and made me blind. The local city hosts a hot food festival that includes products so hot you have to sign a legal waiver to eat them.I used to make my brownies with capsaicin oil so that you got gooey chocolate and a lingering, very tasty burn to go with the dark chocolate. And my hot wings quite literally cause agony (tasty, tasty agony).I've eaten salsa so hot it could take the oil off your driveway (and said so on the label.)And even with cutting down on my spicy food intake, we go through a tub of Thai chili garlic paste, a bottle of Srirracha, a bottle of Tabasco and/or a package of the local chilies a month around my place.Some of us like spicy food.