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Regularly eating chilli peppers could help lengthen people’s lives.
Chilli eaters may have a significantly reduced risk of dying from cardiovascular disease(CVD) or cancer.
Consuming chillies has an anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anticancer and blood-glucose regulating effect.
Researchers collected health and dietary records of more than 570,000 individuals.
People who ate chillies had a 25% relative reduction in all-cause mortality than those who did not/rarely did.
They also had 26 and 23% relative reduction in CVD and cancer mortality respectively.
"The exact reasons and mechanisms that might explain our findings, though, are currently unknown.” - Dr. Bo Xu, lead author.
More research is needed to confirm these preliminary findings.
Research by Cleveland Clinic to be presented at American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2020.
