If you've ever been sitting at a sushi restaurant and wondered what would happen if you ate a big scoop of WASABI . . . apparently it could be worse than you think.
There's a case in the "British Medical Journal" right now about a 60-year-old woman who was at a wedding and ate a big scoop of green wasabi . . . because she mistook it for avocado.
A few minutes later, she felt chest pains, which spread to her arms . . . and she wound up going to the hospital. It turns out she'd triggered a heart condition called takotsubo cardiomyopathy . . . which is better known as "broken heart syndrome."
After something tragic happens, like someone close to you dying or the end of a relationship, the stress can trigger actual heart problems . . . that's why it's called broken heart syndrome.
And somehow, the wasabi did the same thing to this woman.
For what it's worth, the researchers say they believe this is the first time wasabi has triggered this specific heart condition. And the woman was back in good health again after about a month.
