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Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Teen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chile consumption and had a heart defect, autopsy says

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Teen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chile consumption and had a heart defect, autopsy says

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Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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An autopsy of a Massachusetts teen who died after participating in a spicy tortilla chip challenge says his death was caused by eating a large quantity of chile pepper extract.
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    That’s still misleading. He died of a heart defect exacerbated by high capsaicin consumption.

    Any high stress event could have exacerbated the heart defect.

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      Ya but this headline gets the clicks and that’s all they care about

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      You have too much time on your hands.

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        Mhm, tasty anti intellectualism.

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      Wow. “Died of defect triggered by high capsaicin intake” vs “died of high capsaicin intake”

      Feel better?

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        That’s an important distinction because an average person will not die from capsaicin intake.

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        Yes it is better because it doesn’t suggest that capsaicin itself is inherently dangerous.

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