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work_y7oclaeqbvfu7o6tzzywi5eije	Loris A. Chahl	Hot genes and hot tropics	2015		.pdf	text/html	685	131	62	[PDF] Hot genes and hot tropics | Semantic Scholar Corpus ID: 3223241Hot genes and hot tropics Temperature: Multidisciplinary Biomedical Journal Dear Editor-in-Chief, This letter is in response to the puzzle posed in your editorial "Why do people living in hot climates like their food "hot" (spicy) whereas most cuisines under more temperate climates are relatively bland?" Many speculative explanations for this seeming paradox have evolved. A favored physiological proposal is that the gustatory sweating induced by consumption of hot spicy food induces cooling of the body which is beneficial in a hot climate. Citation Type Citation Type Sort by Most Influenced Papers Biology, Medicine Biology, Medicine Biology, Medicine Semantic Scholar is a free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature, based at the Allen Institute for AI. By clicking accept or continuing to use the site, you agree to the terms outlined in our Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and Dataset License	./cache/work_y7oclaeqbvfu7o6tzzywi5eije.pdf	./txt/work_y7oclaeqbvfu7o6tzzywi5eije.txt