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Why are people addicted to eating spicy food?

Female  39 years old 2018-06-06
I didn’t eat chili before, but after slowly eating chili, I found myself addicted to spicy food. Why?

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  • BY Ina Barton 2018-06-06
    Because peppers can stimulate our appetite, when the spicy taste of peppers stimulates the nerve endings in the tongue and mouth, the nervous system of the body will reflexively accelerate heartbeat, increase saliva and sweat secretion, and increase the speed of gastrointestinal motility. At the same time, excitatory stimulation causes the brain to release endorphins. Endorphin will promote the secretion of dopamine. Dopamine can affect a person's mood and is highly exciting in a short time. So the brain makes us addicted to eating spicy food, so that the smell of rich spicy food has the urge to eat.
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