food spice

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Indications

  • spicy food comsumption* associated with lower mortality[2]
    • 14% lower mortality with consumption of spicy foods at least 3X/week[2]
    • reduction in mortality due to cancer, ischemic heart disease, & respiratory disease[2]

* chili pepper most commonly used spice[2]

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References

  1. FDA Releases Draft Risk Profile on Pathogens and Filth in Spices, Takes Steps to Strengthen Spice Safety. http://www.fda.gov/Food/NewsEvents/ConstituentUpdates/ucm372995.htm
    FDA Draft Risk Profile: Pathogens and Filth in Spices http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/FoodScienceResearch/RiskSafetyAssessment/UCM367337.pdf
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Lv J, Qi L, Yu C et at Consumption of spicy foods and total and cause specific mortality: population based cohort study. BMJ 2015;351:h3942 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26242395 <Internet> http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h3942
    Forouhi NG. Consumption of hot spicy foods and mortality-is chilli good for your health? BMJ 2015; 351:h4141. <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26242970 <Internet> http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h4141