Do You Have Spicy Food/Capsaicin Tolerence Genes? Check Here!

[Turul Karom]

I think I did not had the chance to go where the flag is (I did not enter the castle). I was near the statue though. Bare in mind that I made this trip ten years ago, it was part of an excursion that I did from bus from Tallinn to Budapest and we made stops in several cities, I can not remember always everything in detail.

Not a problem. Thanks for remembering us fondly. We need allies with the EU down our throats 24/7 and hating on everything we do. Hopefully when you come back to visit you can experience even more. Next time make sure to ask specifically for "Hungarian hot" (magyar csípős) when you are out to eat.

rs8065080 - TT on this one.

Interesting result; how do you like your spice levels? Favorite dishes and/or peppers?

[Impaler]

Interesting result; how do you like your spice levels? Favorite dishes and/or peppers?

Jalapeño is my favourite pepper.

[Turul Karom]

Jalapeño is my favourite pepper.

Classic that can be eaten for days, made into a sauce, and grows great in gardens.

[Benyzero]

Do you know of any more places to easily search capsaicin or capsaicin metabolism? If you could provide some specific alleles to check, I would greatly appreciate it.

Pun1, CCR, KAS and HCT ...from what I've found out from a quick search, these genes are related to that.

[Lemminkäinen]

TT, I have a Hungarian stomach.

[Lemminkäinen]

Frequencies

Allele Alt Allele
Total Global 138448 T=0.719974 C=0.280026
European Sub 121238 T=0.730316 C=0.269684
African Sub 3346 T=0.3063 C=0.6937
African Others Sub 124 T=0.266 C=0.734
African American Sub 3222 T=0.3079 C=0.6921
Asian Sub 296 T=0.689 C=0.311
East Asian Sub 216 T=0.699 C=0.301
Other Asian Sub 80 T=0.66 C=0.34
Latin American 1 Sub 562 T=0.616 C=0.384
Latin American 2 Sub 5430 T=0.8245 C=0.1755
South Asian Sub 4896 T=0.6699 C=0.3301

[Turul Karom]

Frequencies

Allele Alt Allele
Total Global 138448 T=0.719974 C=0.280026
European Sub 121238 T=0.730316 C=0.269684
African Sub 3346 T=0.3063 C=0.6937
African Others Sub 124 T=0.266 C=0.734
African American Sub 3222 T=0.3079 C=0.6921
Asian Sub 296 T=0.689 C=0.311
East Asian Sub 216 T=0.699 C=0.301
Other Asian Sub 80 T=0.66 C=0.34
Latin American 1 Sub 562 T=0.616 C=0.384
Latin American 2 Sub 5430 T=0.8245 C=0.1755
South Asian Sub 4896 T=0.6699 C=0.3301

Makes sense considering most of the world considers at least some degree of spiciness in their food to be a desirable trait.