"Eat spicy" is really great!
For those who like to eat spicy food
Spicy fragrant pot , spicy hot pot, spicy hot pot, perverted spicy roast chicken wings...
is simply "pain, and happy"!
In fact, the spicy ingredients contained in food are a defensive method for some plants to protect themselves.
The so-called "spicy" is not a taste, but a stimulating pain , which will fill the mouth and nose. When the pain receptor is activated, it will stimulate the brain to actively release endorphin . Endorphin can promote the secretion of dopamine and produce pleasure, so eating spicy food will make people feel very happy.
However, the topic of "Love spicy food is good and bad for health" often becomes the focus of people's discussion. What impact will eating spicy food have on our bodies?
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The benefits of eating spicy
Spicy foods can not only double the taste of the dishes, but eating spicy food regularly is also beneficial to health.
1. Supplement of vitamins C
Chili is the "king of vitamin C" in vegetables. The vitamin C content of different varieties of peppers is bell pepper (130mg/100g) in turn, and colored pepper (104mg/100g)> Little red tip chili pepper (86mg/100g)> Green chili pepper (59mg/100g).
The first two taste sweeter, while the latter two taste spicy. If you like spicy food, you can choose green pepper. Eating 100 grams can meet 59% of the daily vitamin C needs of adults!
2. Promote appetite
Although capsaicin has the effect of suppressing appetite, eating spicy food can make people appetizing, and the pleasure generated by the stimulation of spicy taste may further promote appetite.
3. Reduce the risk of death in cardiovascular disease
2021, a meta-analysis of published in the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology showed that capsaicin in chili has potential cardioprotection and anti-tumor effects . Compared with people who eat spicy food less than once a week, the mortality rate of people who eat chili peppers for 6-7 days is relatively reduced by 14%. Eating spicy foods can reduce the risk of death from various causes and the risk of death from heart disease-related diseases, but bell peppers with lower capsaicin content are not related to the mortality rate of cardiovascular disease.
4. Preventing female hypertension
Hypertension is one of the main causes of cardiovascular disease. There is also a certain relationship between spicy foods and hypertension. Capsaicin can stimulate vascular endothelial cells to produce nitric oxide and promote vasodilation.
Studies have found that in healthy people who live freely, regular consumption of chili peppers for four consecutive weeks has no significant impact on blood pressure, while The frequency of women eating spicy food is negatively correlated with the risk of hypertension. Men have not yet found a correlation .
Animal experiments have also shown that capsaicin can weaken the elevated blood pressure or the development of high blood pressure in mice on a high-salt diet, which is conducive to controlling blood pressure.
5. Reduce the risk of cancer
Capsaicin in peppers has anti-cancer properties, can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells and induce their apoptosis. A study involving 510,000 people shows that in Chinese adults, eating spicy food regularly can reduce the risk of certain gastrointestinal cancers , such as esophageal cancer, gastric cancer , colorectal cancer, etc., especially for people who never smoke and drink alcohol.
However, an article published in the 2019 "Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine" introduced the Meta analysis of the relationship between pepper intake and gastric cancer risk . 18 studies were included, with a total of 13,142 subjects. The results showed that the large amount of pepper consumption in Asians was significantly related to the occurrence of gastric cancer, but the small amount of pepper consumption was not related to the occurrence of gastric cancer. So even if you eat chili peppers, don't eat them in large quantities.
6. May help lose weight
Eating spicy food will make people feel hot and even sweating. Long-term capsaicin intervention can act on the capsaicin receptors in adipose tissue, inhibit fat synthesis and prevent obesity. [6] Another study shows that eating some chili can make you consume 10kcal more per meal; another study shows that eating spicy can make you consume 50kcal more per day. [7, 8] Also, pepper intake was negatively correlated with obesity prevalence and serum cholesterol levels.
So, Light eating spicy food can improve metabolism and may be useful for weight loss, but many people eat spicy food more greasy food, which may gain weight .
7. Relieve non-alcoholic fatty liver
Animal experiments have shown that for mice with non-alcoholic fatty liver after induced by high-fat feed, capsaicin has the effect of protecting liver function and has a relief effect on the condition of non-alcoholic fatty liver.
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Do not eat too spicy
Although various studies have shown that eating spicy has many health benefits, and does not mean that the more spicy you eat, the better! Excessive eating of spicy food will harm your health.
1. Diarrhea
Eating a lot of spicy food will consume more capsaicin. Capsaicin will stimulate gastrointestinal motility, induce intestinal constriction and migration, increase the number of defecations, and lead to diarrhea.
2. Aggravate anorectal disease
Eat too much spicy food, which is not friendly to anorectal health. A survey shows that with the increase in the frequency of spicy food, the incidence of tumors in the anus, pain around the anus, swelling of the anus, and blood stool showed an increasing trend.
This is because spicy food is difficult to digest and absorb in the digestive tract. has a direct stimulation effect on the rectal mucosa , which can easily cause venous plexus congestion and inflammatory reactions in the anal sinus, resulting in decreased venous wall resistance and colon dysfunction, thereby inducing anorectal discomfort. Therefore, if has problems with anorectal diseases such as hemorrhoids, anal fissures, perianal abscesses, it is best not to eat spicy .
3. Aggravate acne
Although there is currently no evidence to show that there is a direct relationship between acne and eating spicy food, excessive eating of spicy food may aggravate the facial inflammatory reaction, causing the originally insignificant acne to become redder and more obvious.
4. Oral ulcers
Excessive eating of chili peppers will cause direct irritation of capsaicin to the oral mucosa and mucosal edema, which can easily lead to oral ulcers and gingivals.
5. Stomach pain
Eat too much spicy at one time, the gastric mucosa will be stimulated, making it highly congested, and easily cause discomfort reactions such as stomach pain , abdominal distension, etc.
Author｜Xue Qingxin Member of the Chinese Nutrition Society Registered Nutritionist Registered Nutrition Technician Health Manager Public Nutritionist
Review｜Gao Chao Associate Researcher of the Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Produced by: Popular Science China-Creation Cultivation Plan
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