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I blogged recently about nightshade poisons and my attraction to pepper tastes and burns. Over the past 48 hours I conducted a subjective experiment to see if my sensitivity to the nightshade poisons was greater, the same or less than it would be if the peppers were cooked or raw.
The conclusion was reached at about 3:00 pm today when my elbows then hands and knees began the joint pain after eating a large quantity of the One Pepper Beans over basmati rice with a dollop of Philly cream cheese at about Noon.
All of this is subjective – the pain is not a pain in the compound-greenstick-fracture sense, it is not even a pin prick. It is similar to Tennis Elbow. It is an awareness of a change of physicality (if that can be a word applied to pain). Like the way you become aware of the swelling in a sprained joint. The sensation of the swelling is not the pain of the sprain. It is still uncomfortable and since it is systemic it is not a pain like Tennis Elbow where it is in one location. Imagine it in every joint, including fingers.
Another analogy would be drinking alcohol. I know I feel the threshold has been crossed after the third Ketel One martini. Two tumblers, each with one ice cube, sipped slowly is nice and the third makes me feel intoxicated and uncomfortable. The analogy is made more perfect by the simple fact ingesting peppers is eating a poison and drinking alcohol is drinking a poison. A person does not have an “allergy” to alcohol in any clinical sense (though many claim it). A person is not “allergic” to peppers or tomatoes. Your body reacts to the poison a certain way at a certain level. Joint pain is typical with nightshades.
If I do not eat nightshades I will not have this joint pain.
There it is.
Mars out.
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Hot Banana Peppers, orange 6 1/2", red and new greenish-yellow below orange
another Hot Banana pepper plant w/ red, orange, yellow stages
Red and green jalapenos and serranos
Habanero peppers - orange to green
Habaneros - if only these were candy...
enjoy!
FWIW, You might have noticed the low/lack of insect damage. I plant a marigold in between every plant in the garden and I think this arrangement is more effective than the typical row of a few marigolds at one end.
Mars out.
September 28, 2009 at 8:42 am |
Speaking of nightshade poison, you got any spare peppers you’d be willing to donate to the cause? We’re out.
September 28, 2009 at 11:17 am |
Hi Charles,
Actually, I look at the responsibility for my garden now as one of steward rather than as primary consumer. I shall maintain these wonderful plants as if they were my own. You are the sole beneficiary of the bounty and harvest.
Congratulations.
Pepper free,
Mars