# antidotes to hot foods .

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [June 21, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidotes-to-hot-foods/543947 "2010-06-21T02:10:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![sinatra69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@sinatra69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinatra69)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidotes-to-hot-foods/543947/1 "2010-06-21T02:10:27Z")

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Milk is a good one , but so is chocolate . I have found a combination of the 2 to be very effective .

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidotes-to-hot-foods/543947/2 "2010-06-21T03:41:25Z")

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Best of all is yogurt, especially whole-milk yogurt which has more fat. In India, रायता _rāytā_ is a side dish made of yogurt combined with cucumber for extra coolness. Buttered bread is good too.

Were you referring to [Why water won’t help after eating spicy hot food?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/310/why-water-wont-help-after-eating-spicy-hot-food) Be sure to post the link to the article you’re commenting on.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidotes-to-hot-foods/543947/3 "2010-06-21T04:39:51Z")

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