Is eating spicy food a type of self-abuse?

In recent years, Hong Kong people are obsessed with spicy food, and restaurants such as spicy chicken pot and hot and sour rice noodles have become very popular. Why do people love eating spicy food and even get addicted to it? Prof. Dennis Chan, Adjunct Associate Professor of the Department of Chemistry and the “Extraordinary Research Club” will explain the chemistry behind and tell us what helps cool your mouth from spicy food!