I used to enjoy eating peppery foods until last year when I now found it difficult to eat anything peppery. Kindly advise me on what to do. I am 50 years of age.
Samson (by SMS)
Your intolerance to peppery foods with advancing age could be as a result of changes in your stomach lining as you age. In view of this, the best way out of your current predicament will be to substantially reduce the level of pepper in your food. In addition, if for any reason you mistakenly eat any peppery food, then you should quickly take some antacid mixture to neutralise the pepper.
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