Why is the heat you feel from eating horseradish different than the heat you feel from eating hot sauce?

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Why is the heat you feel from eating horseradish different than the heat you feel from eating hot sauce?

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Answer 1

Interesting reading all the explanations.

When I eat hot sauce, I only feel a heat on my tongue.

When I eat horseradish, I feel an intense burning-tingling sensation simultaneously in my nose and in the back of my head. I can’t explain why I love it, but I do.