The harmful effects of eating too spicy chili

Spicy dishes often stimulate the taste buds. Eating a little is good for your health, but if you overdo it, it will be harmful to your health and even life-threatening.

Chili is one of the most popular spices in the world, making meals more delicious. Chili also has high nutritional value and medicinal properties. However, eating too much chili is not good for your health.

Gastritis

Regularly eating spicy and sour foods at night or eating them continuously for a period of time can cause gastritis, and over a long period of time can cause stomach ulcers.

People who suffer from heartburn should not use chili, as this can make the condition worse.

Insomnia

After eating spicy food, body temperature increases, seriously affecting sleep. Therefore, it is best not to eat spicy food at night.

Loss of appetite

People who regularly eat spicy foods may lose their ability to distinguish flavors due to their taste buds being stimulated too much. Therefore, they should not eat continuously, should not eat at night, and should not challenge themselves when they cannot handle spicy foods.

Don't challenge yourself if you can't handle spicy food.

Acne

Spicy foods are hygroscopic and can make your skin rough. Spicy foods can also irritate your skin, making it hot and prone to acne. Therefore, people with dry skin should limit salty, hot and spicy foods.

After eating spicy foods, body temperature may increase, so people with dry skin should limit hot and spicy foods.

Stomach cancer

Long-term use of chili can cause stomach cancer. Red chili powder, if colored, may contain Sudan, a carcinogen. In addition, chili powder or moldy fresh chili also contains aflatoxin, which can cause poisoning and cancer.

Chili powder contains Aflatoxin and N-nitroso compounds, which can cause poisoning and cancer.

Therefore, chili should not be abused as a favorite dish but should be used in moderation to avoid affecting different organs in the body.

Hemorrhoids:

For people with hemorrhoids, doctors advise absolutely not to eat spicy food. If people with this disease eat a lot of spicy food, they may get anal abscess. In addition, chili also causes constipation and makes hemorrhoids much more serious.

Who should not eat spicy food?

- People with diseases related to the heart and cerebrovascular system, high blood pressure, chronic bronchitis should not eat spicy food because capsaicin in chili will increase blood circulation, making the heart beat faster. People with these diseases who eat a lot of spicy food for a long time are likely to lead to acute heart failure.

Although chili contains rich vitamin C, betacarotene which is good for health, has some effects of stimulating digestion and appetite, but not everyone can use it.

- People with chronic gastritis and stomach ulcers should not eat spicy food because it can cause mucosal edema, increased gastric motility, and affect the recovery of digestive function.

- People with chronic cholecystitis and gallstones will stimulate the stomach to secrete more acid, making gallbladder-related diseases more serious.

- People with hemorrhoids absolutely should not eat spicy food because it will cause anal abscess. In addition, chili also causes constipation and makes hemorrhoids more serious and difficult to treat.

According to Zing.vn