Emine Saner on why hot chillis (probably) won't kill you - The Guardian 30th September 2008

Last week, an inquest was opened into the case of Andrew Lee, a 33-year-old from Edlington in West Yorkshire who ate a plate of chilli sauce as part of a dare, and died from heart failure the morning after. It isn't yet clear if he had a heart attack or an allergic reaction to the sauce, made with red chillis grown on an allotment (his girlfriend said he had suffered severe itching the evening before he died). But should we be careful when cooking chillis?

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