Well I'm Indian, and I don't ever remember experiencing it. Even as a child when I wouldn't be so used to spicy food.
The most I'd get is an upset stomach but my anus would be fine.
How do people tolerate eating spicy food without their anuses turning into a flaming ring of fire and pepetual torment?
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The most I'd get is an upset stomach but my anus would be fine.
You have to acquire the taste and build up a tolerance. I eat A LOT of absurdly spicy food and the only issue I ever had was in college when I ate an entire ghost pepper for a nug of weed. I woke up in the middle of the night with some mild stomach cramps.
Eaten spicy foods in large enough quantities will no effects on my anus.
Legit I thought people who said "oh your gonna feel that coming out" was just a joke?
You build a tolerance. When I first moved to Malaysia from England, I was shitting myself every other day. I wasn't even eating spicy food, just regular meals everyone here eats.
20 years later and nothing fazes my stomach.
20 years later and nothing fazes my stomach.
I've often wondered if this is just made up or really does affect some people. I love spicy food but have never experienced ring burn to any degree.
I definitely get burning starfish syndrome too, OP - you aren't alone!
...I also happen to be allergic to cumin, turmeric and most peppers and sweat like mad, even if it doesn't taste particularly hot. Even with a grocery store samosa or a Jamaican patty.
Worth it most of the time, I do love spicy food
...I also happen to be allergic to cumin, turmeric and most peppers and sweat like mad, even if it doesn't taste particularly hot. Even with a grocery store samosa or a Jamaican patty.
Worth it most of the time, I do love spicy food
It does, what's crazy to me is that people can get it from something as simple as hot cheetos lol.
Meanwhile I'm eating XXXXXX Hot Wings and being completely unbothered lol.
Spicy food is easy peasy for me baby. I love the pain and suffering that comes with it. Cuilnary bliss. Every restaurant I go, I make sure to ask to get the dish spicier than the maximum level. I go out of my way to make sure my hot sauce is at worst, ghost pepper. Typically, I stick to Scorpion and Reaper sauces. Delicious.
Idk but yesterday my son was eating Szechuan beef and decided he wanted chili oil on it. Never once bothered him and the beef had my Mexican mother, a person that eats habaneros and jalapeños straight up, dying.
Probably has to do with how much and what kind of spicy food you had growing up. I can eat Korean and Indian food like nothing but give me one Thai chili and my ass is done for a day.
Probably has to do with how much and what kind of spicy food you had growing up. I can eat Korean and Indian food like nothing but give me one Thai chili and my ass is done for a day.
I thought it was a myth too until I started eating really really spicy things, stuff that burn your fingers.
I have hot sauces that are literally just reaper peppers, vinegar, garlic, salt... Never had it happen
Face it.
All of you 'hurr Taco Bell diarrhea' people are just working with inferior digestive systems.
Digest better scrubs.
All of you 'hurr Taco Bell diarrhea' people are just working with inferior digestive systems.
Digest better scrubs.
From my extensive research (mostly watching Hot Ones and eating a lot of spicy food) you'll burn on both ends depending on a couple things:
1) How much membrane and seed content is in the spicy thing you ate? That stuff is largely non-digestible and also where a lot of the capsaicin comes from so it'll burn on the way out.
2) How well you chew/eat the food. Ideally you'd want a majority of the capsaicin to bind on your tongue/mouth, not the other orifice to prevent the butt burning.
3) Any mitigating factors like general digestion, any dairy consumed that would work to neutralize the capsaicin, etc.
I burn on both ends and I just kind of got used to it. It's not super painful but it's definitely there. It's worth it for me to experiment (I grow my own peppers).
1) How much membrane and seed content is in the spicy thing you ate? That stuff is largely non-digestible and also where a lot of the capsaicin comes from so it'll burn on the way out.
2) How well you chew/eat the food. Ideally you'd want a majority of the capsaicin to bind on your tongue/mouth, not the other orifice to prevent the butt burning.
3) Any mitigating factors like general digestion, any dairy consumed that would work to neutralize the capsaicin, etc.
I burn on both ends and I just kind of got used to it. It's not super painful but it's definitely there. It's worth it for me to experiment (I grow my own peppers).
only happens to me if i eat spicy foods over consecutive days. it's bothersome enough that i've just learned to moderate how much and how often i eat spicy things
I get this too. I didn't eat much hot and spicy food when I was younger but started getting into it as an adult. Spicy food is something you gotta start as a child, I guess.
The first time it happened, I was concerned that I was developing a medical problem or something down there. Then afterwards, I was like, "Wait a minute, it was just that hot sauce", lol. Crisis averted.
The first time it happened, I was concerned that I was developing a medical problem or something down there. Then afterwards, I was like, "Wait a minute, it was just that hot sauce", lol. Crisis averted.
I can do a moderate amount of spice but every now and then it does leave me with an unpleasant bathroom trip or two. No idea how people can do high amounts of spiciness without extreme discomfort. I will take being able to eat all of the dairy in the world with no backlash over spice any day.
I don't mind the ring of fire, but what I hate is when my guts feel like they're twisting up at 5am.
Yeah I'm 44 and this is slowly starting to happen to me too and it pisses me off. I love spicy food and could handle it fine the vast majority of my life
I eat spicy food pretty much every other day, and probably have some form of hot sauce topping everyday with eggs and stuff. Never had "hot butt" honestly, outside of eating a massive bag of hot Cheetos in middle school one time lol.
Go to Chongqing, China, and eat their food for a month. The astronomical amount of capsaicin they put into their everyday food will train your pain receptors to perceive all sensations as pleasure.
Disclaimer: Small to medium chance to suffer permanent anus damage. User discretion advised.
Disclaimer: Small to medium chance to suffer permanent anus damage. User discretion advised.
I guess different people are built differently. I actually spent a few years thinking flaming assholes after eating spicy food were just a funny joke, and not something that people actually felt.
If your body isn't breaking down all of the oils (capsaicin) by the time it exits you, it will burn.
I've always had a hard time breaking them all down, and now without a gallbladder it's even harder. I just started taking a digestive aid though so I'm curious if it will help with the butt burn. It's definitely helped me with normal digestion so that might factor in too.
You can try it yourself if you want. Just look up "Pure" brand digestive aid. Comes in capsules and contains a synthetic form of your own digestive enzymes.
I've always had a hard time breaking them all down, and now without a gallbladder it's even harder. I just started taking a digestive aid though so I'm curious if it will help with the butt burn. It's definitely helped me with normal digestion so that might factor in too.
You can try it yourself if you want. Just look up "Pure" brand digestive aid. Comes in capsules and contains a synthetic form of your own digestive enzymes.
I've always heard people say this and it's literally never been an issue for me. I don't get it.
I frequent a local Mexican restaurant for breakfast once or twice a week.
After smothering all of my food in green chili for a decade nothing phases my stomach anymore.
After smothering all of my food in green chili for a decade nothing phases my stomach anymore.
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Do puerto ricans count in that?
Im a chef, sometimes I cant avoid tasting/eating spicy foods...and It's not like I dont like eating it...its just that even the mildest can send my bowels into a burning ring of fire.
I love spicy food but I also suffer from this, but I have a couple of tips.
I've found that if you resist the urge and try holding it longer, the spiciness on exit is lessened. Sometimes that's not an option though. Immediate bidet afterward helps too
I've found that if you resist the urge and try holding it longer, the spiciness on exit is lessened. Sometimes that's not an option though. Immediate bidet afterward helps too
This is also great advice. Sometimes the worst culprits for me are jalapeño poppers that aren't even that spicy on the way in
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