Gino wrote:
> 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."

Capsaicin is an irritant. Your body is trying to flush it away.