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A man said on Reddit that after years of thinking he was a "wimp" with spicy food, he recently learned he actually has an allergy

"The big plot twist" happened when he slathered on the salsa verde at a recent family BBQ

Although he thought it was normal for his lips to swell up like that, his family quickly realized something else was going on

For years, a man said he believed he had “zero” tolerance for spicy foods. However, he recently learned he was just allergic to a "totally normal ingredient."

In a post on Reddit , the 29-year-old man said he had long believed that he was a “lightweight” when it came to spicy foods. Salsa verde, he noted, was his biggest adversary.

“Every single time I ate it, my lips would get a little puffy and tingly,’ the Redditor explained.

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