Spicy foods, especially those containing chili peppers, can help increase your metabolism. The heat from the spices causes ...

while bland food is the better alternative. This is where the popular notion of spicy food being unhealthy comes in.

BBC Bitesize explores why some people actually enjoy eating spicy foods. When you tuck into your next red-hot curry, you won’t technically be able to taste the heat. Our tongues can only detect ...

In other words, I may find spicy food overwhelming simply because I expect it to be. “Expectations are powerful,” said Dr. Susan Albers, a clinical psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio ...

Not everyone enjoys eating spicy food, but if you like your meal with a little kick, you're in luck. Spicy foods offer many health benefits, like a faster metabolism, improved heart health ...

I can't explain the why, but much of the time the what is capsaicin, a compound found in a lot of spicy food. Capsaicin triggers nerve receptors in your mouth which send signals to the brain that ...

The study focused on the experience of eating spicy food, and examined two distinct ways in which expectations influence that experience: the “sensory component” (i.e. how spicy participants ...

When a spicy meal sets your mouth on fire, some foods and drinks can put out the blaze fast. But water is actually not one of them. It may just spread the hot food around your mouth, and may make ...

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