Doing a search on "gustatory sweating" I found the following interesting links: http://members.tripod.com/~Prof_Anil_Aggrawal/poiso010.html http://www.texasmonthly.com/porch/readme/chili.html I also found it is a symptom of renal failure in diabetes, but that's pretty depressing... (Longhorn cheese does it to me) === -DrJ- Helotes, Texas PGP Public Key at: http://pgp5.ai.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x01BC316C ---"Tom F. Bryant" <tfbxgp@neto.com> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom F. Bryant <tfbxgp@neto.com> > To: Chile-Heads <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> > Date: Monday, February 15, 1999 5:12 PM > Subject: Gustatory Perspiration > > > I suppose we've all experienced the "sweating" associated with ingesting > capsicums. I've read (somewhere?) that capsaicin is the only thing that can > cause this pattern of perspiration; head & neck, only. Some of you > scientific souls, please dilate and expound on this. Thanky, > Tom > > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com