Study: Eating red peppers reduces the risk of death. Four groups of people with hemorrhoids should eat less spicy food

Many people who love spicy food seem to have no appetite without chili peppers. According to a US study, eating red peppers may help reduce the risk of death. Doctors point out that eating chili peppers not only makes people feel happy, but in fact, chili peppers themselves are rich in nutrients and have many health benefits, including improving metabolism, being good for the heart and weight loss, and even preventing colds and lowering cholesterol. However, there are four groups of people who should eat less spicy food to avoid inducing disease.

Zhou Shuoqu, a family medicine physician at Shuang He Hospital of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, pointed out that eating spicy food can make people happy because chili peppers contain a fat-soluble molecule. When the brain receives the capsaicin signal, it releases a "complex substance endorphin" that can calm the brain and increase the excitement level in the brain, making people feel pleasure and happiness involuntarily.

Study: Eating red peppers can help reduce the risk of death

In addition, according to a large-scale survey conducted by the University of Vermont in the United States, spicy food is good for health and can help people live longer. Red peppers are the most obvious example, because the capsaicin in peppers contains beta-carotene, which has an antioxidant effect and has a positive effect on physical health.

The researchers analyzed data from more than 16,000 Americans, tracking them for an average of nearly 19 years, and found that eating red peppers could reduce the risk of death by 13%. Capsaicin has also been found to have anti-obesity, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer benefits. This study was recently published in the medical journal PLOS One.

Eating spicy food can make people happy, and studies have found that it can reduce the risk of death.

4 groups should eat less spicy food to avoid health problems

Not only that, a study published in the British Medical Journal last year, a long-term follow-up survey of more than 400,000 adults, found that eating spicy food regularly for 3 to 7 days a week reduced the overall risk of death by 14% compared to those who only ate it once a week, and even if they ate it for 1 to 2 days, the mortality rate would be reduced by 10%. However, doctors remind the following four groups of people to eat less spicy food to avoid affecting their health.

• 1. Patients with hemorrhoid attacks: If you eat a lot of spicy foods such as chili peppers, it will irritate the gastrointestinal tract, accelerate blood vessel dilation, aggravate hemorrhoid pain, and even cause bleeding and other symptoms.

• 2. Patients with eye diseases: Patients with conjunctivitis, keratitis and other eye diseases are all caused by infections. Eating chili peppers will accelerate the expansion of blood vessels in the eyes and may aggravate the condition.

• 3. Patients with gastrointestinal discomfort: People with poor gastrointestinal function such as gastric ulcer, gastric bleeding, chronic gastrointestinal disease, etc. should be cautious when eating chili peppers. Excessive capsaicin will severely irritate the gastrointestinal mucosa and induce or aggravate gastrointestinal diseases.

• 4. Patients undergoing chemotherapy for tumors: Drugs used to treat tumors have a certain stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract, and medication-induced inflammation may occur. If you eat chili peppers at this time, it will aggravate the irritation to the gastrointestinal tract.

[Doctor's Intimate Reminder]:

Eating spicy food has many benefits, but eating too much spicy food may damage the gastric mucosa. If spicy food enters the stomach, the stomach and intestines will feel burning and bloating, and drinking water will not relieve the pain. Don't eat spicy food on an empty stomach. Even if spicy food is good for health, people who are not used to eating spicy food don't need to force themselves to try it. It is recommended to consume spicy food in moderation every day so as not to cause gastrointestinal discomfort.