Why Does Spicy Food Burn When You Poop?

Sometimes your body won’t let you forget that spicy burrito you had yesterday!

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Sources:
www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/21/7/844/pdf
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/10/22/symptoms_of_eating_hot_chilies_why_peppers_make_your_mouth_burn_nose_run.html
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-is-it-that-eating-spi/
http://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/anal-itch-pruritus-ani
http://gut.bmj.com/content/47/suppl_4/iv54.full
http://www.gastrohep.com/ebooks/sg-ch03.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5198041/
http://www.ajnd.us/files/AJND1204002.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169333/

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