What’s the most mouth-cooling beverage to drink when eating hot chili peppers? According to new research conducted at Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, it’s milk. A Penn State news release reports that researchers at the college tried five beverages on 72 people who had just downed a Bloody Mary […]
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Gut Trouble? Try Marijuana, or Hot Peppers
Strange but true: both marijuana and chili peppers, not combined, appear to have a calming effect on our stomachs. A University of Connecticut news release reports that researchers at the school have found that both ingredients interact with the same receptors in our gastrointestinal tract. The researchers discovered that capsaicin, the […]
Hot Chili Peppers = Longer Life
People who eat hot chili peppers live longer than people who don’t. That’s the conclusion of researchers at the University of Vermont, who studied data from more than 16,000 Americans who were followed for up to 23 years. Science Daily reports that the researchers found that consumers of hot red chili peppers […]