Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agoTeen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chile consumption and had a heart defect, autopsy saysapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square124fedilinkarrow-up1381arrow-down113
arrow-up1368arrow-down1external-linkTeen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chile consumption and had a heart defect, autopsy saysapnews.comWilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square124fedilink
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up91·1 month agoIt seems like a more accurate title would be “died of high capsaicin consumption due to a heart defect”.
minus-squareTransient Punk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up135arrow-down5·1 month agoThat’s still misleading. He died of a heart defect exacerbated by high capsaicin consumption. Any high stress event could have exacerbated the heart defect.
minus-squareVelvetStorm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoYa but this headline gets the clicks and that’s all they care about
minus-squareBeetschnapps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down37·1 month agoWow. “Died of defect triggered by high capsaicin intake” vs “died of high capsaicin intake” Feel better?
minus-squareskulblaka@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 month agoThat’s an important distinction because an average person will not die from capsaicin intake.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·1 month agoYes it is better because it doesn’t suggest that capsaicin itself is inherently dangerous.
It seems like a more accurate title would be “died of high capsaicin consumption due to a heart defect”.
That’s still misleading. He died of a heart defect exacerbated by high capsaicin consumption.
Any high stress event could have exacerbated the heart defect.
Ya but this headline gets the clicks and that’s all they care about
Wow. “Died of defect triggered by high capsaicin intake” vs “died of high capsaicin intake”
Feel better?
That’s an important distinction because an average person will not die from capsaicin intake.
Yes it is better because it doesn’t suggest that capsaicin itself is inherently dangerous.