HEALTH NOTES: Milk's the cool way to turn off the heat 

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Milk really is the best drink to cool down the mouth after eating a hot chilli. Although milk has long been regarded as the perfect antidote to a fiery dish, little or no research has actually been carried out to test the idea.

But a team from Pennsylvania State University asked 72 adults to down a chilli-based tomato juice and then try various drinks, including milk, water, cola and non-alcoholic beer, to dampen the heat.

The results, reported in Physiology And Behaviour, showed the best results came from milk. Scientists said whole and skimmed milk were equally effective, and they believe the cooling effect comes from proteins in the dairy product.

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