Want to feel fuller longer? Add this spice
If you want to feel fuller longer it’s not just what you eat but perhaps also what you add to mealtime. Sure, there are some low-calorie fruits and veggies that can fill you up without packing on the extra pounds, but there are also some spices that can fill you up with an extra dose of flavor
How hot peppers may help with hair loss
Researchers in China recently looked at using a treatment made up of capsaicin, curcumin and piperine on certain people with conditions commonly tied to hair loss.
Fighting arthritis pain with capsaicin
Capsaicin is the naturally occurring compound found in hot peppers that makes them so hot. There are some products out there that tend to help with things like joint pain, including some topical products that contain capsaicin. Capsaicin is thought to help block pain receptors.
Why you may want to pass on a spicy first date
A first date can be nerve-wracking, but there’s good reason to keep things from getting too spicy. It turns out spicy food is one of the absolute worse things you can eat on a first date. At least, that’s according to a poll of thousands of adults tasked with identifying some of the top foods to avoid on a first date. When it comes to the top 20 foods to avoid, people in the survey chose spicy curry as number one, so the first date is probably not the night to try out something new on the hot pepper scale.
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