When your mouth is on fire from eating spicy foods, don’t drink water. Milk will help quell the pain better than water.
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If your mouth is on fire from spicy foods, don’t drink water!
It can actually make the problem worse.
Instead, drink milk.
But make sure it’s dairy milk, which contains a protein called casein that binds to the heat-causing compound in spicy foods.
Other dairy products such as yogurt or ice cream may also help.
Full-fat dairy such as whole milk is most effective.