On Jul 21, 8:07?pm, Peter A > wrote:
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> > "Peter A" > wrote in message
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> > > In article >,
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> > >> "Gino" > wrote in message
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> > >> > Why does your nose run when eating hot/spicy foods? The best I can
> > >> > find
> > >> > it this, but makes no sense to me:
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> > >> > "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."
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> > >> You are experiencing a food intolerance reaction, a relative to an
> > >> allergic reaction but not as severe...
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> > >> "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..."
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> > >>http://www.pamf.org/health/toyourhea...odallergy.html
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> > >> pavane
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> > > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > pavane
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Allergies can kill people. Food sensitivities cannot.

A runny nose from hot peppers, teary eyes from onions, sinus mucus
production form hoseradish, etc. are *normal* reactions to stimulants
but have not a whit to do with allergic reactions Should we say the
next time Pavene's bowel is full and he gotta shit that he's allergic
to eating... yeah, right. Allergy is probably the most often
misdiagnosed condition, the vast majority of people who claim they are
allergic to a food in actuallity just don't like it, they are not
allergic... what they are allergic to, (like Pavene) is EDUCATION!
Dumb ****er!

Sheldon