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Food Being Painful

Certain temperatures and qualities in food activate the same nociceptors, like when one eats a red hot chilli pepper. This is dealt with by nature in a sophisticated way, as a certain chemical that is produced, called capsaicin, gets bound to our nociceptors, activating the same.

Plants disperse the chemical in ways that promote the spread of its seed and with plant reproduction through birds and bees.

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What is pain?

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