"They are produced by two different chemical compounds and they bind to two different types of channels in our airways, and so the way we experience them is and should be different."
For all of these foods - chile peppers, horseradish, wasabi, mustard, and even spicy radishes - the feeling of "heat" is sensed by things called transient receptor potential (TRP) receptors.
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