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  2. Is spicy food good for you? This is what happens to your body ...

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    Hot chili peppers Spicy food can transform any meal into a sensory experience — pain, pleasure, even breaking a sweat can take flavors to the next level. While some like it hot, dialing up the ...

  3. Can eating chili peppers actually increase obesity risk? - AOL

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    Research highlights capsaicin, the main bioactive compound in chili peppers, for its promising health benefits, particularly for cardiometabolic health. Evidence suggests it has the potential to ...

  4. Resiniferatoxin - Wikipedia

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    Resiniferatoxin has a score of 16 billion Scoville heat units, making pure resiniferatoxin about 500 to 1000 times hotter than pure capsaicin. [3] [4] Resiniferatoxin activates transient vanilloid receptor 1 (TRPV1) in a subpopulation of primary afferent sensory neurons involved in nociception, the transmission of physiological pain.

  5. Capsinoid - Wikipedia

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    Capsinoids are non-alkaloid substances naturally present in chili peppers. Although they are structurally similar to capsaicin, the substance that causes pungency in hot peppers, they largely lack that characteristic. Capsinoids have an estimated "hot taste threshold" which is about 1/1000 that of capsaicin.

  6. Chili pepper - Wikipedia

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    Chili peppers of varied colours and sizes: green bird's eye, yellow Madame Jeanette, red cayenne. Chili peppers, also spelled chile or chilli (from Classical Nahuatl chīlli [ˈt͡ʃiːlːi] ⓘ), are varieties of berry-fruit plants from the genus Capsicum, which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for their pungency.

  7. Capsicum annuum - Wikipedia

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    Capsicum annuum, commonly known as paprika, chili pepper, red pepper, sweet pepper, jalapeño, cayenne, or bell pepper, [5] is a fruiting plant from the family Solanaceae (nightshades), within the genus Capsicum which is native to the northern regions of South America and to southwestern North America.

  8. Capsaicin - Wikipedia

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    An article published in the Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B in 2006 states that "Although hot chili pepper extract is commonly used as a component of household and garden insect-repellent formulas, it is not clear that the capsaicinoid elements of the extract are responsible for its repellency." [26]

  9. Mayo Clinic's Chief Information Officer Cris Ross retires - AOL

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    Dec. 10—ROCHESTER — Cris Ross, Mayo Clinic's high-profile information technology chief who managed the $1.5 billion Epic System medical records transition, retired in November. Ross had served ...