Health Benefits — chile healthy

Bring on some sweetness & some spice

Bring on some sweetness & some spice

While many of us crave extra spice, some of us are brave enough to tackle some of the hottest peppers on the planet. But you don’t have to only reach for extra hot peppers. There’s another pepper out there that some believe is the perfect mix of sweetness and spice. It’s called the banana pepper, but this one doesn’t taste like a banana at all. Banana peppers actually get their name because they’re shaped a bit like the fruit, and they’re also more of a yellowish hue. This might be where the similarities end. Banana peppers are related to chili...

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Chile Protects Against Aspirin & Ulcers

Chile Protects Against Aspirin & Ulcers

It has been found that chile protects against the side effects of aspirin and chile eaters develop fewer peptic ulcers than those who eat plain foods. Also, rates of stomach cancer are unusually low in countries where chile peppers are part of a regular diet, as capsaicin appears to neutralize some carcinogens.

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