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  2. Is spicy food good for you? This is what happens to your body ...

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    Technically, spiciness is just a painful sensation, not a flavor or taste. These receptors also sense temperature and heat, so capsaicin tricks the body into thinking its overheating, per the ...

  3. Your preference for spicy foods may be all in your head - AOL

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    The peppers gave participants no clue as to the spiciness of the hot sauce. Then the test was repeated with the same hot sauces. This time, however, participants were shown two red peppers when ...

  4. Pungency - Wikipedia

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    Pungency (/ ˈ p ʌ n dʒ ən s i / ⓘ) refers to the taste of food commonly referred to as spiciness, hotness or heat, [1] [2] [3] found in foods such as chili ...

  5. Hunan hand syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Hunan hand syndrome (also known as "chili burn" [1]) is a temporary, but very painful, cutaneous condition that commonly afflicts those who handle, prepare, or cook with fresh or roasted chili peppers. [1]

  6. Scoville scale - Wikipedia

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    The Scoville scale is a measurement of pungency (spiciness or "heat") of chili peppers and other substances, recorded in Scoville heat units (SHU). It is based on the concentration of capsaicinoids, among which capsaicin is the predominant component. [3]

  7. 'I Did Pilates Every Day For 2 Weeks And The Results ...

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    History lesson over, let's get back to the experiment: namely, two weeks of doing Pilates (the workout) every day. Yep, fourteen workouts to see if the hype actually checked out. Eek. My schedule

  8. Desiderosmia - Wikipedia

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    Desiderosmia is a craving for particular sharp or pungent smells, including the smells of such inedible substances as rubber tires, menthol, gasoline, bleach and domestic cleaning products, without the desire to taste or eat the substances in question.

  9. How to Eat Radishes—Raw or Cooked, They're More ... - AOL

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    Raw radishes have crunch and a bite. How much bite depends on the variety. They run the gamut from mildly spicy to sharp and peppery, depending on the variety and freshness, Russo says.