Chili peppers 'help you live longer': The red hot food could extend your life by TEN YEARS, research suggests
A red hot chili pepper a day might not be to everyone's taste.
But now there's more reason than ever to put up with the heat and embrace the spice.
The US study reports that regular consumption of red hot chili peppers could extend your life by 13 per cent, giving the average person an extra 10.5 years.
It states that those who consume chilies are 13 per cent less likely to avoid dying early compared to those who avoid them.
More than 16,000 adults were surveyed based on their diets, background and health from 1988 to 1994. Then participants were checked up on over the next 18 years.
Capsicum is the cause of both the chili's health benefits and its fiery bite, experts at PLoS say.
This isn't the first time scientists have explored the healing effects of capsicum.
Chilies have also been used by health fanatics for their supposed ability to speed up fat loss.
Capsicum can allegedly increase the speed the body metabolises fat and protect against bad teeth.
Different types of hot peppers contain pro-A, B and C vitamins, antioxidants and can have inflammatory effects.
This is good news for Rizks’ Emporium – He has just announced an extra hot Kunji Pathari served on imported banana leaves -
Do we take such research seriously given that the Japanese and Koreans have long life spans and don’t each much chili ?
