Health Benefits of Spicy Taste Sensation

Spicy food is perfect for the tongue of Indonesia. There are many ways to cultivate chili, ranging from those made sauce, used as a spice in cooking, sliced ​​in food, until the sprinkles made ​​food. With the spicy sensation, not only increases taste, but spicy foods have health benefits.

1 Weight loss 
The sensation of spicy taste in chili come from the compound capsaicin. Studies show that consumption of spicy and hot foods will increase your metabolism as much as 8 percent, resulting in weight loss.

In addition, people who eat spicy foods usually feel pretty with smaller portions. As a result, calorie diasup also less. In a Canadian study, men who ate spicy appetizers consume 200 calories less than that is not spicy.

2 heart health 
Another benefit of eating spicy foods is increasing heart function. Capsaicin also proved to be lower bad cholesterol. Foundation for Chemical Research of America claimed that capsaicin helps reduce cholesterol due to blood flow faster because capsaicin inhibits genes that can narrow the arteries.

3 Cancer Prevention 
There is some evidence that spicy foods help fight cancer. According to the American Cancer Foundation, capsaicin was able to slow the growth of prostate cancer cells. Other research found that Turmerik, spicy Indian spices, contains active antioxidant curcumin has anticancer properties.

4 Lowering blood pressure 
Researchers claim that capsaicin increases nitric oxide in the blood circulation which helps fight inflammation and may lower blood pressure. Of all the spicy food, cayenne pepper fastest believed to lower blood pressure.