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It also has the added bonus of stimulating your intestines. Good for when you are feeling unhealthy.
by xeromal 10y ago
It also has the added bonus of stimulating your intestines. Good for when you are feeling unhealthy.
- M_Grey 10y agoAnecdotally, it definitely helps to speed things along to recovery. I also find spicy food ironically helps in very hot, dry weather.
- tunap 10y agoIt also makes the deserts' relative cold months more tolerable. Probably not a good idea in northerly parts where sweating on a sub-0 day/night might be a hazard.
- M_Grey 10y agoI didn't even consider that, thanks for a new perspective. Good point about sweating in freezing weather though, you're right, you definitely want to stay as dry as possible in (for example) the boreal forests of Canada.
- tunap 10y agoI cook with more peppers when I feel indicators of a possible cold or flu. It seems to help. I have also read claims of it eroding arterial plaque and lowering cholesterol. Only non-suspect study a quick Goog turned up was a NIH study on lowering cholesterol on rabbits(it did!).