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Ivan Seeking
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Ivan Seeking said:Blair's 16 Million Reserve - pure crystalized capsaicin
https://www.chilliworld.com/blairs-16-million-reserve
You don't actually adjust to hot hot hot. You are really just damaging the sensors in your mouth.
Capsaicin Toxicity (LD50)
The median lethal dose (LD50) for Capsaicin is 47.2 mg per kglb *
*Input desired mass in the textbox above to scale the results. Value is measured via oral route in mouse(s).
https://www.aatbio.com/resources/toxicity-lethality-median-dose-td50-ld50/capsaicinWhen you bite into a ghost pepper, your mouth feels heat in the most extreme way. ... Yes, you could die from ingesting ghost peppers. In fact, researchers have determined a 150-pound (68-kilogram) person would need to eat 3 pounds (1.3 kilograms) of dried and powdered capsaicin-rich peppers like the ghost pepper to die.Aug 11, 2015
https://health.howstuffworks.com/food-nutrition/can-ghost-peppers-kill.htm
The human body quickly reacts to the capsaicin, expelling excess in the urine. Another study, done in 1980, concluded that a dose of pure capsaicin would have to be approximately 13 grams to be lethal to a 150 pound person
https://happynews.com/article/how-many-scoville-units-does-it-take-to-kill-a-person/