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Hot Sauce Science....
Technical explanation of the
love for hot sauce.
The reason people love hot sauce is that
during the eating of chiles and hot sauce a chemical in the chile pepper called
Capsaicin, irritates the trigeminal cells. These are pain receptor cells located
throughout the mouth, the nose and the throat. When your body's nerves feel the
pain induced by the chemical on these cells, they immediately start to transmit
pain messages to your brain. Your brain receives these signals and responds by
automatically releasing endorphins (the body's natural painkiller). These
endorphins kick in and act as a painkiller and at the same time, create a
temporary feeling of euphoria, giving the chile pepper eater, a natural high.
The body's other responses include increasing the heart rate to increase the
metabolism, increasing salivation in order to try and refresh the mouth and by
increasing the rate of sweating by the body. Your nose also starts to run and
the gastrointestinal tract slips into high speed. Hot and spicy food lovers soon
begin to crave these feelings and are soon hooked.
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