Monday, 16 April 2018

Who eats spicy lives longer

Who eats spicy lives longer

 

Healthy by spicy food

 
In some parts of China people like to eat very spicy. This could be a very healthy habit, according to researchers from China who have inquired about the degree of eating in people across the country - and the death statistics.

The people who chili on their food frequently had a lower risk of dying, especially heart and respiratory tract, they escaped rather, their cancer risk was lower. The doctors and nutritionists from Beijing report in their study , which appeared in the "British Medical Journal".

Researchers used the data from a large population study in China, which regularly surveys and interviews more than half a million adults in ten parts of the country. One of the questions that students asked about the survey was, "How many times have you eaten something spicy over the last month?" The answer options ranged from "never" to "six to seven times a week".

If someone said they were eating spicy at least once or twice a week, the researchers wanted to know more. Where did the sharpness come from? Do people use fresh chili peppers or dried ones? Chilli sauce or spicy oil? One and a half years later, they examined in a representative part of the study participants whether people had remained faithful to their eating habits.

Capsaicin is anti-inflammatory and germicidal

 
Then the researchers, as is usual in such studies, waited a few years. People were between 30 and 79 years old when they completed the questionnaire, which was in the years between 2004 and 2008, and not chronically ill. The researchers were waiting for part of them to die. They waited until 2013.

Of the people who ate less than once a week, far more had died than those who hone their food almost every day. It is a statistical context, the researchers emphasize.


It may be that people who eat more sharply, eat other foods, cook differently, live differently - and therefore live longer. There are, however, from other studies abundant evidence of the health benefits of spicy spices. The capsaicin contained in chili peppers has been shown to be anti-inflammatory and antihypertensive. Spicy spices have been proven to kill germs. They could have a positive effect on the intestinal flora.

Eating spicy once or twice a week is enough

 
And how can you hone your food if you want to do something for your health? The people who ate fresh chili peppers seemed to benefit a little more, but that could also be due to the vitamins A, C and K, which are still in the pods.

It is probably enough to eat spicy food for one or two days a week, the researchers write. However, they do not want to give exact seasoning recommendations until the relationship between chili pepper and health has been researched in more detail.


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