{"id":60725,"date":"2021-03-30T17:53:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T17:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=60725"},"modified":"2021-03-30T17:53:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T17:53:04","slug":"why-hot-chillies-might-be-good-for-us-by-dr-michael-mosley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/why-hot-chillies-might-be-good-for-us-by-dr-michael-mosley\/","title":{"rendered":"Why hot chillies might be good for us-By Dr Michael Mosley"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #000080;\">Why hot chillies might be good for us-By Dr Michael Mosley<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60726 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hot-chillies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/health-39217603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b class=\"ssrcss-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">As anyone who has ever eaten a really hot chilli will testify, they can cause a lot of pain.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Chillies come in many shapes, colours, sizes and strengths, but one thing they have in common is the burning sensation they cause in your mouth, eyes and any other part of your body into which their juices come into contact.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Although most people think that the hottest part of a chilli is its seeds, in fact it is the white spongy layer you find inside, called the placenta. Bite into this and you will really feel the burn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">That burning sensation is mainly caused by a chemical called capsaicin, which is found in tiny glands in the chilli&#8217;s placenta.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">When you eat a chilli, the capsaicin is released into your saliva and then binds on to TRPV1 receptors in your mouth and tongue.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The receptors are actually there to detect the sensation of scalding heat.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"piano-inline1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Capsaicin makes your mouth feel as if it is on fire because the capsaicin molecule happens to fit the receptors perfectly.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">When this happens it triggers these receptors, which send a signal to your brain, fooling it into thinking that your mouth is literally burning.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-34411492\">Is the chilli pepper friend or foe?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/story\/20161020-can-you-hurt-yourself-eating-chilli-peppers\">Can you hurt yourself eating chilli peppers?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The reason why wild chilli plants first started to produce capsaicin was to try and protect themselves from being eaten by mammals like you.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">From an evolutionary perspective the plant would much rather have its seeds dispersed far and wide by birds.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"piano-inline2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Oddly enough birds, unlike mammals, don&#8217;t have TRPV1 receptors, so they do not experience any burn.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-mysbf6-ComponentWrapper-CrossheadComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"crosshead-block\">\n<h2 class=\"ssrcss-qozapo-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Humans messed things up<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">So producing capsaicin turned out to be the ideal way to deter mammals from eating the plant while encouraging birds to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">But then along came an ape with a giant frontal cortex who somehow learnt to love the burn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60727 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hot-chillies-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Humans are not only not deterred by capsaicin, most of us positively love it. So what&#8217;s going on?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The ferocity of a chilli pepper is measured in something called Scoville heat units (SHU).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">A relatively mild chilli, like the Dutch Long chilli, is only 500, but by the time you move on to the Naga chilli, which is one of the hottest in the world, you are biting into something with a Scoville score of more than 1.3m units.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The current world record holder for hotness, however, is the\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/newsround\/36845699\">Carolina Reaper,<\/a>\u00a0first bred in Rock Hill, South Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">According to tests carried out by the University of Winthrop in South Carolina it scores an impressive 1.57m SHUs<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">So, what happens when you bite into a really hot chill? As part of the new BBC2 series\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b08gj4rq\">The Secrets of Your Food,<\/a>\u00a0botanist James Wong and I entered a chilli eating competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-mysbf6-ComponentWrapper-CrossheadComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"crosshead-block\">\n<h2 class=\"ssrcss-qozapo-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Adrenaline release<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Within minutes of eating my first chilli, my eyes began to water and my pulse shot up.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">My body had responded to an initial burst of severe pain by releasing adrenaline.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">This not only made my heart beat faster, but it also made my pupils dilate. Every round the chillies got hotter and both of us soon dropped out.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Had we been able to tolerate biting into some really hot chillies, it&#8217;s possible we would have experienced a &#8220;chilli endorphin high&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60728 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hot-chillies-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Endorphins are natural opiates, painkillers which are sometimes released in response to the chilli&#8217;s sting. Like opiates they are said to induce a pervasive sense of happiness.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">It is a form of thrill-seeking &#8211; feeding our brains&#8217; desire for stimulation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Although it is not something I have personally ever experienced, I have certainly heard it described by hard core chilli eaters..<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">But beyond the pain and the perverse pleasures, are there any health benefits to eating chillies? Perhaps.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">In\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0169876\">a recent study<\/a>\u00a0done by researchers from the University of Vermont they looked at data from more than 16,000 Americans who had filled in food questionnaires over an average of 18.9 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">During that time nearly 5,000 of them had died. What they found was that those who ate a lot of red hot chillies were 13% less likely to die during that period than those who did not.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">This supports the finding of another recent study, carried out in China, that came to similar conclusions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">So why might eating chillies be good for you?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The researchers speculate that it could be that capsaicin is helping increase blood flow, or even altering the mix of your gut bacteria in a helpful direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Whatever the reason, it adds to my pleasure as I sprinkle chilli on my omelette in the morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Secrets of Your Food continues on BBC2 at 2100GMT on Friday 10th March .<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Join the conversation on our\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BBCLifestyleHealth\/\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why hot chillies might be good for us-By Dr Michael Mosley Source:BBC As anyone who has ever eaten a really hot chilli will testify, they can cause a lot of pain. 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