Eating Chili Peppers Could Extend Your Life, Study Finds

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https://www.newsweek.com/chili-health-heart-cancer-1546230

Eating chili peppers could extend your life, a new study has found. Based on research that looked at the health records of half a million people across countries including China, Italy, Iran and the United States, it was found that those who ate chili pepper reduced their risk of all-cause mortality by 25 percent.

The study was carried out by the Cleveland Clinic's Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute in Cleveland, Ohio. The senior author on this study, Dr. Bo Xu, told the BBC: "Our study is not powered to answer the questions of exactly which type of the hottest chili peppers, the mode of intake and amount and frequency, because again that is a point that varies across the studies.

"What is true and consistent though I suspect is that the active ingredient present in the hot chili peppers which is a chemical known as Capsaicin is probably mediating a lot of the potential health benefits."

Dr. Xu however stressed that the data in the research is still preliminary and wouldn't lead to a change in guideline recommendations. The study also found that compared to individuals who rarely or never ate chili pepper, people who ate chili pepper had a 26 percent reduction in cardiovascular mortality, a 23 percent reduction in cancer mortality and a 25 percent relative reduction in all-cause mortality.

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[niyad]

1. Then the world is stuck with me for a loooong time.

[getagrip_already]

2. grew 4 types of hots this year, including ghosts....

My family hates me and will die early deaths I fear.......

[samnsara]

8. me too! I use jalapeno slices to garnish all my drinks! and LOVE cowboy candy...

....stuffed poppers, ghost pepper sprinkles...etc etc...

[niyad]

14. One of our local restaurants makes a delicious jalapeno and watermelon margarita.

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[malaise]

11. Hot peppers or just Chilli peppers

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If it's hot pepper period, I'll be here forever - Scotch Bonnet and Wiri-Wiri
I just made a huge bottle of pepper sauce.

[niyad]

13. I am not familiar with wiri-wiri. How do they compare to ghost and the scorpion?

[malaise]

17. Wiri wiri is a small round shiny pepper that's packed with a unique floral-fruity flavour

a small round shiny pepper that’s packed with a unique floral-fruity flavour, and distinct aroma. It is very hot.

[niyad]

18. Pretty. Will have to see if any of our specialty markets carry it.

[malaise]

19. I have five plants -- just started some new ones

It's not common to Jamaica - comes from Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. Have one hybrid - Scotch Bonnet and wiri wiri - a lovely pepper and of course Scotch Bonnet is as Jamaican as Usain Bolt.

[Wednesdays]

22. Any pepper that's "hot" would qualify

The capsaicin is the beneficial chemical, and it's what puts the heat in peppers.

[malaise]

23. Great news

I will survive and survive

[csziggy]

24. And I will die much sooner

I can't eat anything with capsaicin without a lot of pain - not just the burn when I eat them (which causes blisters if I even touch the things) but all the way through my system with the residual effects causing pain for days or sometimes weeks. It's gotten to the point that even smelling bell peppers starts my lips tingling.

On the other hand, my parents seldom ate anything with hot peppers or bell in it and they lived long lives. Dad died at ninety, Mom at ninety seven. So maybe there is hope for me.

[niyad]

25. I am so sorry to hear of your problem. That is awful. We will hope that you have inherited your

parents' longevity. We very much like having you around!

[csziggy]

26. Thanks - I wish I could enjoy peppers as a spice

I've been in situations where I wanted to try new foods, but then found they included some kind of peppers and had to forego the experience.

I make my own curry mix without pepper so I can have curry, same for some other spice blends - but you just can NOT make cajun or creole blends without peppers. They just are not right.

I hope I got those genes. I know my sister did. She's over seventy and still going strong. I'm a few years younger but have had a lot of non-systemic health issues so she will probably outlive me.

[mitch96]

3. Love me some Hatch peppers... yum!! nt

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

10. +1!

[lobointexas]

16. +2

[bamagal62]

4. Made my day!

[underpants]

5. What is it Doc?

It’s all-cause mortality

Dammit!

[Cirque du So-What]

6. I am preserved for eternity

I know when it’s time to eat when my butt stops burning.

[Hotler]

7. I don't know about that. The one I had the other day made

my life pass before my eyes. In a good way. It starts with a rush of goose bumps, then all the hair on my upper body stands up, my nipples get hard, then the tears, the runny nose, and the top of my head sweats.

[PoliticAverse]

9. But eating the really strong ones could make you wish you were dead. n/t

[niyad]

12. I have never had that problem. The hotter, the better.

[mitch96]

20. I don't mind the heat if the chili has FLAVOR!! I don't care for hot just for the sake of being hot.

A nice chilaquiles with a tomatillo/Hatch chili's mix and fresh fried corn tortillas.. "Don't get no
better'n'at" IMHO...
And then there is christmas..........
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[BusyBeingBest]

15. Further in the article, I can see how eating 50 grams of chili peppers

a day can make you lose your memory. You're cooking your own brains, fools!

[mitch96]

21. As the saying goes.."of all the things I've lost in my life it's my mind that I miss the most" nt