Health Benefits

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.

When it comes to kids and food, most parents know it’s a struggle, at least from time to time, to keep from raising a picky eater. Kids are notorious for liking a certain type of food one day, then refusing to even try it the next. It’s nothing new, even people who are parents right now probably have memories of being forced to sit at the kitchen table until they finished their food. It’s tough to get kids to try new things, but it’s possible to make mealtime a bit more diverse, and even kickstart a lifelong love of spicy...

You’ve probably heard a few health benefits already when it comes to eating red peppers, but now it turns out there’s even more to celebrate. Not only can chili peppers help with a host of health-related issues, but they can also help specifically target gut health.

If you’ve had weight loss surgery, you probably already realize your limitations when it comes to food. The key to a healthy lifestyle from this point forward depends, in part, on what you eat. That’s why there are some dos and don’ts when it comes to eating after weight loss surgery. Even before surgery occurred your doctor probably had you on some type of diet and offered up some healthy-eating tips. This helped your body prepare for surgery, and likely helped put you on the path to a healthier future.