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To: d:oug who wrote (13453)	12/31/2000 8:02:07 AM
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off topic - Drinking Champagne at New Year's Can Be Painful Reuters SAN FRANCISCO (Dec. 30) Just call it cham-pain instead of champagne this New Year's Eve. Two party-pooping California researchers... the familiar tingle on the tongue caused by the fizzy... is no pleasure at all. In fact, it is downright painful. ... you get from a chili pepper is working on the pain system. ... research helps to show that these sensations may be an important part of food flavor, alongside taste and smell, even though they deliver messages of pain to the brain... Dougak aka messenger of pain to the brain. ... most cultures had their own foods that hurt, with examples ranging from strong malt vinegar on fish and chips and pretzels crusted with salt to spicy curries. .. fizz in those drinks are made of carbon dioxide, which produces the carbonic acid that hurts the tongue, the researchers said. One way to avoid the pain... drink Guinness beer instead. That liquid gets its frothy fizz from nitrogen which produces a different, smoother feel in the mouth, the researchers said. Reut11:12 12-30-00 Copyright 2000 Reuters Limited.

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