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Old 03-31-2012, 04:24 PM
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Has anyone had a reaction, good or bad, to capsaicin in their diet? Does it aggravate PN symptoms? I am thinking in particular of food items like tabasco sauce.

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Serendipity! I was just thinking about this, so I searched and found this thread...

YES. I tried some hot sauce on my chicken last week (which I hadn't done in quite some time) and for several hours afterward, my feet burned as bad/worse than before I stopped the burning with R-Lipoic Acid.

It didn't occur to me until the next day, so I waited a week and tried it again - same result.

The good news is that it was only temporary ~8 hrs, then dissipated. Gone the next day.

I've had nightshades from time to time with no reaction, so I'm pegging this to the capsaicin in the hot sauce (doggonit - I really like hot sauce! )

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