eli5: How is capsaicin in spicy foods able to maintain its potency throughout digestion? It burns the mouth, it burns the stomach, it burns coming out.

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eli5: How is capsaicin in spicy foods able to maintain its potency throughout digestion? It burns the mouth, it burns the stomach, it burns coming out.

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Is there any reason why I never have had a problem…. on the back end? I hear people complain, but doesn’t seem to affect me. Anyone else?