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cream. But alas, this doesn’t lead to nose running. That is because wasabi does not contain capsaicin, the extremely irritating chemical found in jalapeño or habanero peppers. Capsaicin is believed to stimulate central nervous system fibers that control the quantity and thickness of mucus and other fluids secreted in the nasal passages and stomach.
    For you trivia nerds, heat in peppers is measured on something called the Scoville Scale:
     
0–100 Scoville units includes most bell/sweet pepper varieties.
100–500 Scoville units includes pepperoncinis.
500–1000 Scoville units includes New Mexico peppers.
1,000–1,500 Scoville units includes Espanola peppers.
1,000–2,000 Scoville units includes ancho and pasilla peppers.
1,000–2,500 Scoville units includes Cascabel and cherry peppers.
2,500–5,000 Scoville units includes jalapeño and Mirasol peppers.
5,000–15,000 Scoville units includes serrano peppers.
15,000–30,000 Scoville units includes the Chile de Arbol peppers.
30,000–50,000 Scoville units includes cayenne and Tabasco peppers.
50,000–100,000 Scoville units includes chiltepin peppers.
100,000–350,000 Scoville units includes Scotch Bonnet and Thai peppers.
200,000 to 300,000 Scoville units includes habanero peppers.
Around 16,000,000 Scoville units is pure
capsaicin.
     
    The single hottest known pepper is the Red Savina habanero. If you think the jalapeño makes your nose run, the Red Savina will leave you wading knee-deep in a puddle of your own nasal secretions.
    DOES SPICY FOOD CAUSE ULCERS?
    No, spicy foods do not cause ulcers. Stomach ulcers can be aggravated by a nice dash of Tabasco sauce. Drinking alcohol, smoking, or experiencing stress can also make ulcers worse.
    Most stomach ulcers are caused either by infection from a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) or by overuse of anti-inflammatory pain medications such as aspirin or ibuprofen. The ulcers caused by bacteria can be treated with antibiotics and the others treated by an end to the pill popping.
    DOES ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER CAUSE
HEADACHES?
    The artificial sweetener Equal and the food additive NutraSweet are both aspartame. Approved by the FDA in 1981, this sweetener is hotly debated as the cause of everything from headaches to seizures. The debate rages on via the Internet and in the medical literature. The FDA and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) both claim that this product is safe, but there are also many reports that show that headaches may be present as an adverse reaction in some patients.
    There is no solid answer to the question of artificial sweetener causing headaches, but here are several things that are guaranteed to cause them:
     
    1. Trying to help your child with math homework.
    2. Telemarketers who call early on Sunday morning.
    3. The map of red states and blue states.
    4. Being stuck in traffic when the only clear radio station is playing an Ashlee Simpson marathon.
    DOES LICORICE CAUSE HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE?
    To begin with, it is important to understand that the delicious artificial strawberry or cherry product that we happily eat in movie theaters is not true licorice. True licorice is black and contains glycyrrhizic acid. Therefore we cannot answer the more important East Coast versus West Coast debate about whether Red Vines are better than Twizzlers.
    Medical literature contains a great deal of information about the link between licorice and high blood pressure, and if you happened to be reading the English-language abstract of an article from the Norwegian journal Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening in 2002, you might have found out that “the active component of liqorice is glycyrrhizic acid, which inhibits the enzyme 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. This enzyme promotes the conversion of cortisol to cortisone and is thereby responsible for the specificity of the mineralocorticoid receptor to aldosterone in the collecting tubules. Inhibition of the enzyme allows cortisol to act as