If you’re a fan of spicy food you’re in a luck, as a new study has suggested that eating chilli peppers could be the secret to a longer life.
Researchers from the University of Vermont analysed over 16,000 American men who had completed the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 1988 and 1994. They found that over a period of 19 years roughly 34 per cent of the men died, but when data was limited to just those who consumed chilli peppers this number dropped to just 22 per cent.
The results, published in the journal Plos One, suggested that the 13 per cent lower risk of death could have something to do with a the ‘capsaicin’ found in the peppers. Capsaicin is commonly used in treating arthritis and works as an effective painkiller.
Source: Telegraph.co.uk
