Health Benefits

Relieving Toothaches

Relieving Toothaches

Ugh! Toothaches can be so painful and who has time for the pain? While you’re waiting to get an appointment with your dentist, a fast and temporary pain relief can be yours if you have some chili peppers and/or cayenne pepper in your kitchen.

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Just Breathe: How Hot Peppers Can Help Asthma Sufferers

Just Breathe: How Hot Peppers Can Help Asthma Sufferers

Crazy right? How many times have you felt like you couldn’t breathe when you tasted a spicy hot pepper that set your insides on fire and numbed every tastebud on your tongue? That sneaky little component, capsaicin, (it’s what makes hot sauce HOT) can actually be a magical substance to help reduce wheezing and clear airways to help you breathe comfortabl

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Healthy Eating

Healthy Eating

We know what you’re thinking, “how could diets simply fall away from our lives?” The truth is that diets themselves aren’t exactly dying out. It’s more a matter of the lingo used – and a drive towards healthy eating in general. According to the Washington Post, cookbooks are ditching the word diet and replacing it with the idea of rebooting one’s system. It’s a subtle change, but it could make all the difference in the world of healthy eating.

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Tales of Cinnamon and Obesity

Tales of Cinnamon and Obesity

You might be wondering what cinnamon and obesity really have to do with each other. And, it’s likely to strike you as odd that we’re dealing with either on a blog dedicated to hotter-than-hell hot sauces. The truth is that there are a lot of links between hot sauces, cinnamon, and obesity. (Please notice we didn’t say similarities… though there are some.)

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