In article >,
says...
>
> "Peter A" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 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.
> >
>
> Nor did you..."Food allergies and food intolerances are treated by dietary
> avoidance of the causative food(s), with adequate nutritionally-equivalent
> alternatives substituted in the diet." The OP was asking why, and the
> causes are the same, the results, which require allergy testing as the
> article states, differ to a smaller (intolerance) or greater (allergy)
> extent.
> We do not know which was the case with the little the OP posted.
> Thank you for the compliment, though. Very nice of you.
>
> pavane
>
>

Oh gimme a break. Just because 2 medical conditions are treated the same
way does not mean they are related. If I have a headache I take
ibuprofen. If I have a painful sprained ankle I also take ibuprofen.
Therefore the 2 are related? I don't think so.

I don't mean to get on your case - but the fact is that many people
claim "allergy" when all they have is a food sensitivity. Others claim
"allergy" just because they do not like something and they use
"allergy" as an excuse to avoid eating it.

Allergies can kill people. Food sensitivities cannot.


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Peter Aitken