Which of these is best for cooling your mouth if you have just eaten very spicy food?

Milk from mammals contains a protein called casein (the same protein which creates curds in sour milk). Casein is a lipophilic (literally, "fat-loving") protein, which means that it acts as a detergent on capsaicin (the chemical that makes peppers hot), thanks to that fatty hydrocarbon tail.

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