Why hot sauces do not have any effects on me anymore?

Question

I enjoy spicy sauces and i have tried them all, why other people say it's really hot i can barely feel the "hotness" of them, why is that?

Answer 1

You body adapted to the effects of capsaicin to a certain level. It normally does that after a while and it means you are ready for stronger. You know the burning sensation caused by capsaicin while eating hot sauce it not real. In fact, it just a chemical reaction caused in your brain and body's neurological system that gives you that impression. It also brings pheromones, sensation of pleasures making you want eat more and more despite how you feel. You brain adapted iself to it.

You switch to an higher sauce!

Answer 2

Yes, your constant eating has gotten you used to the sauce you use. Buy some habanero sauce from a mexican grocery store. This way you can have the choice of eating food at that level of heat or you can use less to stagger your progression.

I ve been using it forever. Here's something you can test for yourself. I had some leftover korean bbq ribs last night for dinner. My sister made them with just salt and pepper. I threw some into a bowl and added soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic powder, pepper, habanero sauce. I nuked it for a min. Most of the liquids were absorbed into the meat. There was still a bunch though pooled in the bottom. I threw on a bunch of rice.

Well when I ate it the rice was actually more spicier than the meat. So next time make sure to expose other things to the sauce other than the meat. This doesn't mean, "put more sauce and put it over everything you eat". Try putting it on your veggies or starches in stead of your meat. It prolly has to do with the meat being saturated with oils hence not letting the habanero oils soak in.

You can also put the sauce on after cooking. And lastly your sauce may be old. It doesn't take me too long to finish a bottle, but when I open a new one, I can tell the difference in heat....If you only like heat without the contamination of mexican sauce flavor on other food from another land, just use fresh habanero peppers in the dish or ground and put into a sauce you do like. Here are the ones I like and they are only like $2 a bottle:

One is called "Salsa Habanera" made by the Castillo co. This one is a bit tangy but not as much as tabasco. Tabasco to me is just vinegar with a kick alot like black pepper. Also that self defense pepper spray stuff is weak.

The other I use is called El Yucateco. The regular one is a strange red color with a tinge of pink. The one I usually buy is the more rarer EXXXTRA HOT SUACCE Mayan recipe "Salsa Kutil-bik de Chile Habanero". This has hardly any vinegar flavor, so it is more neutral and can be added to anything. Also this sauce is probably the hottest I would use and still be able to enjoy my food, and eat without drinking anything.

Other than that try growing some red habaneros. I have once and they were pretty hot, but since i'm the only one in my family that likes spicy food, alot of it went to waste. I didn't want to ruin the peppers by preserving them in vinegar. I did add them to olive oil and then used the oil to fry/cook food.

Answer 3

a similar thing happened to me. I started eating really hot curries. It got to the stage when I couldn't taste food (felt there was something missing) if there wasn't a few chillies/a slug of tabasco in it.

Also, some people are just wimps, say this to your pals.

The scientific reason is to do with receptors and neurons etc etc.

Answer 4

Your tolerance level is high at the present moment coz the more spice you it, the more you get used to it and it seems like no hot sauce will faze you.

Answer 5

I believe you've gotten used to the taste of them, you know what to expect from hot sauce.

Answer 6

Also researchers have found that there's a genetic component involved. People in certain countries have a gene that makes them able to eat, for instance, chilli peppers without becoming ill.

Answer 7

Because you have a limited number of sensory cells that detect the "hot". That's why people can eat progressivly hotter food.

Answer 8

Have you grown hair on your chest too?
Just kidding - it means that you are used to it, that's all. Try chewing on a Scotch Bonnet or a Habanero to see if you are used to hot enough.

Answer 9

Being a Goldfish, by the time the sauce gets to you, it's been diluted in your goldfish bowl.

Answer 10

hmmmmmmmm, me likey hot sauce no hot for more time, but hot sauce keep taste til likey one more time