On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:52:09 -0800, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Dairy products are an effective counter to the burning sensation -
>> water- based products don't help generally because the compound isn't
>> water- soluble.
> 
> And acidic foods (like lemon) counters some of the burning of some sorts
> of spicey food, which is caused by alkali compounds. Which is one reason
> that places that have spicy food also tends to have a lot of citrus
> food.

Yes, that also can help, depending on what it is that you've eaten, of 
course.

Jim

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