Spicy food never affects my gut and everyone thinks it's really weird. How unusual is this and what could be happening to explain why spicy food doesn't affect me?
I absolutely love spicy food, and it's never affected my gut. I was actually confused when I read about people getting the shits after a curry and wondered if it was a joke. I've had curries so hot it caused people to recoil into a coughing and sweating fit after they dipped their finger in and had a taste and I have one every other day. I feel the burning in my mouth, my face turns red, my forehead sweats, my esophagus feels weird, but (tmi I know lol) when I go to the toilet I'm completely fine. no gut pains either.
Second easiest fix: hang out around non white people.
But seriously though all my white friends who never grew up eating spicy food had problems with spicy food at first. After years of being around people who eat spicy food they’ve gotten used to it.
My wife's family is full hispanic, and most of them can't approach the heat levels that I, a white guy, can take. I could always take spicy food, and no, it didn't take years of being around it to build tolerance. Some people can just take high heat.