No matter how much you want to impress her on this first dinner date, never let this compromise your common sense.

This is not the time to be brave.

Choosing to take her to a restaurant that serves food that you aren’t used to eating, or have never eaten, isn’t wise.

Although it sounds exciting to try something new, a first dinner date isn’t the time to do it.

Braving a new type of food makes you susceptible to getting sick while you are on the date.

You have no idea how your digestive system handles this new type of food.

If you decide to take her to a restaurant that serves Mexican food when you rarely eat Mexican food, or never have, you are tempting fate, inviting an upset stomach.

Given that your digestive system isn’t used to eating Mexican food, there is a probability that it is sensitive to its ingredients.

Mexican food is renowned for giving people diarrhea.

This is not a slight on Mexican food in any way.

Mexican food is delicious.

Notwithstanding, for those who don’t have a digestive system that is acclimated to the spices that are inherent in Mexican food, they end up being in for a long night in and out of the bathroom.

Mexican food, such as salsa, contains capsaicin.

Capsaicin is a chili pepper extract that irritates the lining of the intestines, triggering diarrhea.

When your digestive system isn’t used to capsaicin, your body’s natural defense system pushes it out in the form of diarrhea, believing that the body is overheating.

Needless to day, choosing to take her to a Mexican restaurant when you aren’t used to eating Mexican food, intent on impressing her, is fraught with danger.

Even if you are used to eating Mexican food and have no adverse bodily reactions to it, she might be the opposite.

By having a digestive system that isn’t used to the spices inherent in Mexican food, she ends up having to cut the date short, as she begins a hellish night running in and out of the bathroom.

There are certain types of foods that are well known to cause discomfort in people with sensitive digestive systems.

The most common offenders are restaurants that serve foods rich in spices that are heavy on capsaicin, such as those that serve Mexican and Indian food.

Also, restaurants that serve foods that are high on lactose, are renowned for causing diarrhea in the patrons who suffer from lactose-intolerance.

Yet again, it’s about sensitive intestines.

Lactose is a sugar found in milk and diary products.

If your digestive system doesn’t produce enough lactase, an enzyme that digests lactose, it forces the large intestine to secrete excess fluid to push it through your system.

This is what leads to diarrhea, amongst other unpleasant outcomes, such as bloating and gas.

Restaurants that serve foods that are high on lactose, such as those that serve Italian food, are common offenders.

If you choose to take her to a restaurant for dinner that serves food that is known to be sensitive to the digestive system, run it by her first.

Otherwise, the safest restaurant to take her to for dinner is one that serves food that her digestive system is acclimated to.

These would be restaurants that serve bland foods that are low on fiber, such as those that serve vegetables, fruits, rice, grains, and lean meats, such as poultry or fish.

Yes, not as exciting as the aforementioned alternatives.

Nonetheless, it is the first dinner date, and it is better to be safe than sorry.