The chili pepper is a spice rich in property and widely used in our kitchen as it is able to give taste and spiciness to our recipes, to help our cardiovascular system and to relieve annoying pains. It is an aromatic plant used since ancient times. It is part of the Solanaceae family and in particular of the Capsicum genus, to which the pepper also belongs. Chilli has several beneficial properties, but it is true that chilli halves the risk of dying? Within this article we will answer this and other questions.
Does eating chili cut the risk of heart attacks in half?
Eat some chili on a regular basis can reduce the risk of death from heart disease e stroke. It is a food already quite famous for its therapeutic properties, but to deepen the benefits of this spice were the researchers of the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention of the Irccs Neuromed of Pozzilli who, in collaboration with the Department of Oncology and Molecular Medicine of the Higher Institute of Health, the University of Insubria in Varese and the Mediterranean Heart Center in Naples, highlighted that eating chilli peppers regularly can be associated with a reduction in the risk of mortality.
The study on chilli
To investigate the matter, these studies have shown that the risk of dying from heart attack was 40% lower among those who ate chili at least four times a week, regardless of the type of diet followed. To reach these conclusions, the risk of death of nearly 23,000 people, some of whom ate chilli and others did not, was compared by comparing their health and eating habits for eight years. The scientists examined the data of 22,811 citizens of the Molise region, from the Moli-sani study, a vast and important research program started in 2005 to investigate the possible genetic and environmental factors underlying cardiovascular disease, cancer and degenerative diseases. . Following them for 8 years and comparing their lifestyle and eating habits, the scientists found that for people who consumed chili at least four times a week, the risk of dying from heart attack was reduced by 40%, while that from causes. cerebrovascular more than halved (about 60%). Another special aspect is that the protection from the risk of mortality is independent of the type of diet followed from people, consequently there were those who followed a Mediterranean diet and those who ate in a less healthy way, despite this, the chili had a protective effect in comparison with everyone! Already in past centuries, beneficial properties of all kinds have been associated with its consumption, mainly on the basis of anecdotes and folk customs closer to magical rites than anything else. It is therefore important that the research deals concretely, with rigor and scientific evidence, to prove whether the beneficial properties of the pepper just described are real or not. Consequently, the next step that the researchers who conducted this research will have to take is to understand the mechanisms by which chilli and other spices containing capsaicin act on our body.
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