pavane wrote:

> "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...

Nah, I don't buy that. My nose runs , more or less, no matter
what I eat and always has. It's worse with hot (temp) foods so
I think that is something to do with the heat itself affecting
your sinuses in some way. And even with cold foods, I think that
also, just the physical act of swallowing my have some effect
on the sinuses in some people. Probably due to differences in
the way you're "constructed".

No scientific studies that I know of to back me up.
This is just my opinion.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?