Consumption of spicy foods and total and cause specific mortality: population based cohort study.

CONCLUSION: In this large prospective study, the habitual consumption of spicy foods was inversely associated with total and certain cause specific mortality, independent of other risk factors of death.
PMID: 26242395 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Source: Cancer Control - October 26, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Lv J, Qi L, Yu C, Yang L, Guo Y, Chen Y, Bian Z, Sun D, Du J, Ge P, Tang Z, Hou W, Li Y, Chen J, Chen Z, Li L, China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group Tags: BMJ Source Type: research