Can you die from eating a Carolina Reaper?

March 2023 · 2 minute read

The answer is no, however eating extremely hot pepper will cause sweating, vomiting, and stomach cramps. So far the is no medical data on how many of these chili peppers a human can eat. There is no death reported due to the consumption of Carolina Reaper. The average life expectancy of a person is 80 years and the long-term effect on health has not been investigated enough. these peppers also cause a painful burning sensation where ever it touches.it increases body heat which can make anyone weak and drowsy. The symptoms show within 30 minutes and gradually become worse over 3 hours.

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The symptoms of taking Carolina Reaper are:

The Carolina Reaper was recently voted as ‘the hottest chili in the world by The Guinness World Records which has sparked our interest to explore the many factors that contribute to the heat of chili pepper.

The Carolina Reaper is a hybrid chili pepper of the Capsicum Chinese species, originally called the “HP22B”. The pepper was renamed in 2013 when it won The Guinness World Record for highest average Shopville heat units (SHU) of any pepper tested.

This hot chili pepper has an average rating of 1,569,300 SHU on the Shopville scale.

In conclusion, eating 20 Carolina Reaper peppers is not lethal, however, you may end up in serious medical conditions.

More research is done on the long-term effects of taking extremely hot chili pepper. So it would be better to avoid eating these kinds of peppers at least until the research is done. Don’t take any chances because your health is precious than anything else. And please share your experience with us.

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