A closer look
Peptic ulcers are overwhelmingly caused by an aggressive bacterial infection called Helicobacter pylori, definitively proving that your highly demanding job and spicy food addiction are not actually burning holes in your stomach lining. For decades, the medical establishment confidently blamed ulcers on stress, anxiety, and too much hot sauce, prescribing bland diets and telling patients to just calm down. It took a slightly unhinged scientist literally drinking a beaker full of the bacteria to prove to the stubborn medical community that antibiotics could easily cure the agonizing condition. It is a classic example of doctors confidently blaming human psychology for a physical ailment simply because they had not yet discovered the microscopic bug throwing a party in our gastric acid. At least now you can eat all the extremely spicy curry you want without fearing for your lower intestine
