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Kinky people are more likely to have a taste for spicy food, says doctor
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dailystar.co.ukNHS doctor.Dr Karan Rajan, an NHS general surgeon, explains what it is in chilies that fills your tongue with that pleasant sizzling feeling.He says in a TikTok video: "If you like spicy food, you just might be a little bit kinky."Spicy is not a taste, your tongue can only taste sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami."But your tongue can detect pain and temperature."Capsicum, the chemical found in most spicy foods binds to pain receptors in your tongue."This means if you enjoy spicy food, it is a weird form of benign masochism...
You like pain, just a bit."In fact, if you eat a lot of spicy food this desensitises pain receptors so you keep eating spicier and spicier so you can feel the burn."The surgeon then explains the interesting medical.
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