One question self-acclaimed food lovers must answer is “Can you eat anything?”
If you claim to love food so much, it means you are capable of chewing on any edible from sugar-coated to very spicy.
Many people bail out when it comes to extra spicy foods because of their high pepper intolerance while few are able to endure the heat and savour their meals.
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So if you are among the latter and want to expand your palate and painlessly enjoy spicy food, here are 3 simple tips that can help you through it:
Build Your Tolerance: By repeatedly exposing yourself to spicy foods, your pain receptors change and make it easier for you to handle capsaicin, the active component in chilli peppers. However, if you are prone to ailments like stomach ulcers, it is best you avoid such meals completely.
Use the Right Coolants: Basically, a coolant is a substance, typically liquid or gas, that is used to reduce or regulate the temperature of a system. When it entails spicy food, the right coolant can be milk or coconut water which helps ease the sense of pain you may feel from the spice. Avoid carbonated drinks which have plenty of gas and are most likely acidic, this only escalates the spicy pain and makes it take longer to subside. Hence, it makes you lose interest in finishing what you started.
Slow Down: By slowing down how fast you eat, you can maintain a more tolerable amount of capsaicin which helps you better enjoy your spicy meal.
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