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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It does not get destroyed by acid nor by enzymes, so it exit stomach and intestines without any changes.

This appen to many things we eat fiber, uncrushed seeds etc