Why does eating spicy food make you sweat?

stevie21 | 09:51 Tue 10th Aug 2004 | Food & Drink

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Is it just that the food is generally hot (temperature) or is it something in the spices?

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OBonio

It's something in the spices. I think it's the chile.

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I think the question that I intended to ask was "why does spicy food make your nose run?" but I was having a blonde moment when I posted. Oops.

melody2002

Ooh I know this one! Spicy food with chillies even garlic, peppers etc. speed up your metabolism and that makes you warmer. I had a curry the other night when the temperature didn't drop below 20 degrees all night (silly me) and I sweated buckets! I also when dieting, use a very slight amount of hot pepper sauce in my salad's /chicken etc. as this does aid in losing weight with the faster metabolism (but be careful, it's VERY hot stuff).

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