Human Senses 1. Smell and Taste (10 of 21)

Human Senses

The burn of the chilli starts to kick in the moment you take a bite.
A chemical called capsysin fires off the pain receptors in the tongue.
So your tongue feels like its on fire, and your body thinks it's suddenly way too hot.
It 's panic stations.
In an effort to cool down, blood flow to the skin suddenly increases.
Turning your face bright red.
Your eyes go blood shot and you start to drip with sweat as your poor body desperately tries to deal with the burning hot chilli.
And despite all that people love it, and keep coming back for more, again, and again and again and again.
8, 7, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 .
Stop The winners eat a staggering 24 chillies.

Some of these people actually seem to be enjoying the pain.
Everyone does things in every culture that are painful or innately unpleasant.
A roller coaster ride is an example.
Er chilli pepper eating your mouth is saying, get this out of here this is harmful Professor Rozin believes that eating chill peppers is a sort of masochistic adrenaline sport.
It a thrill to push your body to confront the pain.
Your body is saying get out of here.
On a roller coaster or with a hot pepper.
But you have to know it's really safe.
Because other wise you will feel er upset.
Like if you were really falling down a cliff, instead of on a roller coaster you wouldn't enjoy it.
And if you thought your mouth was going to peel off after eating a hot pepper you wouldn't enjoy it either.