In Spicy Food: What Happens in Your Brain, host Harith Iskander explains how capsaicin, the chemical found in hot peppers, affects the brain. When you eat something spicy, capsaicin binds to pain receptors in your tongue, sending a signal to your brain that your mouth is "on fire." In response, your brain activates cooling mechanisms, like making you sweat. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Got Science?, a science magazine series that explores and explains science in everyday life.
In Feeling the Heat: What Happens When We Eat Chilis, presenter Cherry Healey visits the University of Sheffield to learn what makes chilis hot and how our mouths respond. Cherry conducts an impromptu experiment. Learn which drink can cut the heat and how. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Inside the Factory, a series that takes viewers behind the scenes in the factories that make our favorite products.
In Spicy Food: What Happens in Your Brain, host Harith Iskander explains how capsaicin, the chemical found in hot peppers, affects the brain. When you eat something spicy, capsaicin binds to pain receptors in your tongue, sending a signal to your brain that your mouth is "on fire." In response, your brain activates cooling mechanisms, like making you sweat. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Got Science?, a science magazine series that explores and explains science in everyday life.
In Feeling the Heat: What Happens When We Eat Chilis, presenter Cherry Healey visits the University of Sheffield to learn what makes chilis hot and how our mouths respond. Cherry conducts an impromptu experiment. Learn which drink can cut the heat and how. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Inside the Factory, a series that takes viewers behind the scenes in the factories that make our favorite products.