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>"The endorphins work to block the heat. The body produces them in response to the heat, which it senses as pain," said Paul Bosland, co-founder and director of New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute. [0]

[0] http://abcnews.go.com/Health/capsaicin-ingredient-hot-pepper...



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