Promote the New Year s Essence and Reduce the Middle Risk. 1 ingredient of chili pepper is good for health, but men do not recommend eating more

According to the survey, one in five people eat curry at least once a week, and in the UK, chili sauce brands such as Tingly Ted 's are welcomed by celebrities such as Ed Sheeran, and demand has soared. But, is pepper good for our health?

The British Journal of Nutrition recently conducted a survey on the frequency of eating fresh chili peppers, chili sauce or adding dry chili to cooking.

Results show that people who eat spicy food only once a week have a life-threatening ischemic media risk compared to those who eat less or no spicy food at all. Theoretically, the benefit of peppers comes from capsaicin, which is the ingredient that makes peppers taste spicy. Capsaicin can increase the rate of energy consumption in the body by about 8%, which is also called the body's energy consumption and thus prevent obesity.

And even patients with medium-sex can benefit from it. According to a 2019 study by the Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, it is much less likely that middle-sex patients taking capsaicin supplements will experience swallowing difficulties; swallowing difficulties are a problem that up to 80% of middle-sex patients will face.

Apart from that, have you noticed that every time you eat spicy food, the congestion that originally plagues you seem to disappear; this is because the capsaicin in the peppers releases a vapor, irritating the mucosa in the nostrils; and this fragile mucosa catches the bacteria that enters our noses and releases mucus to remove them from the nose.

In addition, capsaicin can also relieve pain; the National Health Service (NHS) often uses skin patches made from capsaicin to treat, such as neuropathic pain caused by diabetic patients due to poor blood circulation in the legs and feet. Studies have shown that this type of pepper sliced, containing a liquid made of capsaicin, can penetrate into the human body, reducing neuropathic pain by up to 50%.

But peppers are not entirely good for humans. Researchers at Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine reviewed 16 research data on peppers and stomach tumors in 2021 and found that people who eat peppers several times a week may have a 50% risk of gastric cancer due to overdose of capsaicin than those who occasionally eat them.

In addition, eating too much spicy food may also affect close relationships; a recent study of 373 men found that people who eat spicy food three times or more per week will experience decreased sexual desire, and the possibility of erectile dysfunction is two and a half times that of people who eat spicy food less than once per week; mainly because chili peppers affect the levels of androgens.

Responsible editor: Gu Zihuan