Hot and Healthy
Is spicy food harmful? While a powerful chili may make you sweat and cry like you’ve ingested a fiery poison, spicy foods and their active ingredient, capsaicin, can be beneficial, according to experts. Of course, you can overdo it — one man ruptured his esophagus after eating a ghost pepper — but spicy foods are generally nourishing, helping you potentially lose weight, fight cancer cells, and even live longer.