The Benefits And Dangers Of Eating Spicy Foods

Aside from being a common seasoning for our daily meals, red chili also just got the credit for helping scientists discover the body's mechanism of feeling pain. 2021 Nobel Prize winners David Julius, PhD and Ardem Patapoutian, PhD used red chili and menthol to examine how temperature and stimuli are converted into electrical impulses in the nervous system.

For us ordinary folks, the science of spicy foods is also fascinating, for they have a variety of effects on our body. Read on to find out the benefits and dangers of eating spicy foods.