Why does hot salsa make you sweat?!
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Answers:
The spicy component in peppers, capsaicin, affects a muscle protein called SERCA!. Normally, SERCA burns ATP, a type of molecular fuel, to “pump” calcium ions across a membrane to help our muscles relax after they have contracted!. But the addition of capsaicin shuts down the calcium pump, causing the ATP burned by SERCA to be released as heat, a process known as thermogenesis!. Multiply this by a factor of several thousand, and you’re producing a noticeable amount of warmth thus leading to sweat! Like your own little internal heater =)Www@FoodAQ@Com