One pediatrician says that about a third of her patients that come in with stomach pains have gotten them from hot chips.
that consumers can either complete online or print out and mail,” Peter Cassell says.
“We have kids in our most prestigious high school, they’re eating just as many there as places that are less socioeconomically advantaged,” Cavender says. Rivera has been sounding the alarm about spicy snack chips for years. She’s even experimented with them to find out what makes them so painful to the stomach. She mixed crushed chips with a little water and tested the slurry with a paper strip designed to measure pH, which tells you its acidity.
“It’s an addictive kind of food. They like the taste so they just eat it and they just want more,” Rivera says. Cavender says that’s because nerves that sense pain in the stomach lie on its outer wall, not in the lining, and it takes several hours for the spice to penetrate. The fat in the chips also slows down digestion, making the burn last even longer.
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