Why Spicy Food Makes Your Nose Run and Eyes Water: The Capsaicin Effect
Eating spicy food triggers a real physiological alarm: capsaicin hijacks your body’s heat-sensing TRPV1 receptors, setting off a chain reaction that floods your nose and eyes.
Eating spicy food triggers a real physiological alarm: capsaicin hijacks your body’s heat-sensing TRPV1 receptors, setting off a chain reaction that floods your nose and eyes.