Perhaps it is the Bhutanese people's love for chillies that explains the rising cases of stomach ulcers.
If they have loved chillies in the past, rising stomach ulcers must be blamed on something else methinks.
----------------------------------------- "In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for. As for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican." -- H. L. Mencken
Especially since chilis have been exhonerated . . .
. . of any such damage. It's a nerve specific pain, not a pain from actual damage. Birds, for instance have different nerve endings and detect no heat at all from chilis. Experiments have shown no stomach lining damage from concentrated chili oils.