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- From: moroney@world.std.com (Michael Moroney)
- Subject: Re: Capsaicin and hotness of chiles
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- References: <1992Dec22.200633.14343@burrhus.harvard.edu> <1992Dec22.205952.9536@sunova.ssc.gov> <1992Dec23.151513.27723@burrhus.harvard.edu> <1ha456INN5qv@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 22:53:53 GMT
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- sdg@wag.caltech.edu (Siddharth Dasgupta) writes:
-
- >Would anyone know why the afterburn from eating really hot chile
- >or food occurs? I do not mean the endorphin high that follows
- >immediately, but the slower more painful one the next morning
- >on the opposite end. Sorry for picking a topic that may not
- >be entirely palatable to all...
-
- Capsaicin fools the nerves into thinking they're roasting in hell, when in
- fact, they're fine. I always assumed the "afterburn" is simply due to
- some capsaicin surviving the digestive process unharmed.
-
- -Mike
-