{"id":5876,"date":"2011-07-07T03:14:21","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T10:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=5876"},"modified":"2011-11-08T21:36:22","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T05:36:22","slug":"why-water-doesnt-help-much-with-cooling-your-mouth-after-eating-peppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/why-water-doesnt-help-much-with-cooling-your-mouth-after-eating-peppers\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Water Doesn&#8217;t Help Much with Cooling Your Mouth After Eating Peppers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/spicy-water.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5877\" title=\"spicy-water\" src=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/spicy-water.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/spicy-water.jpg 558w, https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/spicy-water-340x398.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>##EMBED##<\/p>\n<p>Capsaicin, the thing that makes peppers hot, is fat soluble and thus water will be of no use in countering the burning sensation, other than the fact that if it is cold water it will temporarily overpower the capsaicin\u2019s effect on the nerve receptors and tell your brain you are feeling a cold sensation.\u00a0 But once the cold water has gone, the heat will come back straight away not lessened at all until the capsaicin is gone.<\/p>\n<p>Dairy products work best to counteract capsaicin because they contain a protein called casein which binds to the capsaicin, hindering its ability to bind to your nerve receptors.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming you aren\u2019t lactose intolerant, drinking milk before or while eating the peppery item will also help lessen irritation in your intestines for the same reason it helps lessen it in your mouth, which could save you from having the dreaded \u201cburning runs\u201d that sometimes plague people after eating spicy foods.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Why Peppers Taste Hot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/08\/why-peppers-taste-hot\/\" target=\"_self\">Click Here for Sources and to Learn More about Why Peppers Taste Hot<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>##EMBED## Capsaicin, the thing that makes peppers hot, is fat soluble and thus water will be of no use in countering the burning sensation, other than the fact that if it is cold water it will temporarily overpower the capsaicin\u2019s effect on the nerve receptors and tell your brain you are feeling a cold sensation.\u00a0 But once the cold water [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[689],"tags":[1016,1015,1017],"class_list":["post-5876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quick-facts","tag-pepper-facts","tag-spicey-food-facts","tag-water-spicey-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5876"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5879,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876\/revisions\/5879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}