In article >,
says...
>
> "Gino" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Why does your nose run when eating hot/spicy foods? The best I can find
> > it this, but makes no sense to me:
> >
> > "Spicy hot food has a chemical called capsaicin which stimulates your
> > respiratory tract and your digestive tract to release more mucus because
> > they both share a region called the pharanx, the throat. Capsaicin
> > stimulates the thermoreceptors that register temperature."
>
> You are experiencing a food intolerance reaction, a relative to an
> allergic reaction but not as severe...
>
> "Some food intolerances are fairly obvious, such as spicy foods
> causing heartburn and a runny nose, or high-fat foods taking
> longer to digest and causing stomach cramps..."
>
> http://www.pamf.org/health/toyourhea...odallergy.html
>
> pavane
>
>
>

A food intolerance has nothing whatsoever to do with a food allergy,
they are not related at all except by many people mistaking the former
for the latter. You quoted a good article but apparently did not read
it.



--
Peter Aitken