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What makes spicy food spicy?

There's an active ingredient in spicy food called capsaicin. It binds to a special class of receptor inside our mouth called VR1 receptors. After capsaicin binds to these receptors, the sensory neuron is depolarized, and it sends along a signal indicating the presence of spicy stimuli.

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