The ability to maintain an optimal functionality of mechanisms underlying body homeostasis is essential for disease prevention and preservation of personal autonomy, especially for elderly individuals ...

Anyone who has tasted a hot chili pepper has felt the burn of capsaicinoids, the compounds that give peppers their spiciness, as well as possible health benefits. Related pepper compounds, called ...

Chili pepper names tell you everything you need to know: Dragon’s Breath, Carolina Reaper, Naga Viper. These peppers are bred to be as spicy as possible by bumping up the concentration of capsaicin ...

For many fruit, the main goal in life is to be eaten by animals. This is so that the consumer of the fruit can spread the seeds and hopefully allow the next generation of fruit to grow. But fruit can ...

When biting into a chili pepper, you expect a fiery sensation on your tongue. This spiciness is detected because of capsaicinoid compounds. But for some peppers, despite high levels of capsaicinoids, ...

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The food that inspires wariness is on course for inspiring even more wonder from a medical standpoint as scientists have reported the latest evidence that chili peppers are a heart-healthy food with ...

Between spicy arrabbiata sauce and hot red curries, you’d be hard-pressed to find a tomato dish that isn’t made tastier with a bit of heat. The classic combo normally involves throwing in a few ...

Surely, someone out there has cooked up a shrimp fra diavolo and thought, “mamma mia, this would be much easier if someone genetically modified the tomatoes to be spicy,” right? Right? A team of ...

Accidentally made your food too spicy? One day, you might be able to reach for an “anti-spice” condiment to tame the heat of a dish, thanks to the discovery of chemicals found in chilli peppers that ...

Chillies come in many degrees of heat, from the sweet painless bell peppers to the “Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper”, a superlatively hot chili that needs to be handled with gloves. A less dramatic ...