Why does spicy food make your nose runny?

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Why does spicy food make your nose runny?

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Spicy food actually works by tricking your body’s heat receptors into thinking there’s more heat than there really is. Your nose being runny is your body trying to direct more fluid circulating in/around your mouth to get rid of that heat. It’s the same reason you sweat, your body is just trying to protect itself from a threat that isn’t really there

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