“Eating more spicy food can fight cancer?”

Xiao Zhou usually doesn’t eat spicy food very well, so he always order hot pot with his friends. A few days ago, he saw an article on the Internet, saying that eating more spicy food can prevent cancer and has many benefits for the body, so when he eats, he adds chili sauce to eat. Unexpectedly, after taking it for a few days, a lot of pimples appeared on my face, and I became very angry.

Isn’t it good to eat more spicy food? Why did you get yourself on fire? Xiao Zhou was puzzled and found Xiao Ai on purpose. Not to mention, a new study recently revealed the anti-cancer potential of peppers again.

1. New research from Peking University: Eating spicy food often has three cancer risks or lower

From Peking University School of Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, University of OxfordResearch team, February 10 Published in “Chinese Journal of Epidemiology”A prospective study of chronic diseases found that spicy food may be associated with malignant tumors of the lips, mouth and pharynx related to risk reduction.

The study included a total of 510,000 residents. By comparing those who did not eat or rarely eat spicy food, and those who ate spicy food every day, it was found thatEating spicy food every day can reduce the risk of lip, oral and pharyngeal cancer by 31%; among them, those who prefer moderate spicy food have a 33% lower risk. Further analysis found that fresh chili, dried chili, chili oil, chili sauce and other spicy foods have strong protective effects.

Why spicy food can prevent cancer?

The researchers introduced that capsaicin in peppers can affect a variety of proteins, and their activation can induce apoptosis of cancer cells and inhibit cell cycle regulators, thereby To achieve the purpose of preventing cancer cells from “reproducing”.

Of course, this study can only prove the correlation between eating spicy food and cancer, it does not directly prove that eating spicy food will definitely reduce the risk of cancer,The essence of chili is just a kind of food, which needs to be treated with caution.

Second, does eating spicy food damage health or prolong life?

Chili is a “good medicine” in itself in traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese Medicine Physician Xia Gongxu from the Treatment Center of Nanjing Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital said that treating illness with spicy flavor is a major feature of traditional Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine believes that chili peppers are warm in nature, pungent in taste, enter the spleen and stomach meridians, and have the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, and dispelling rheumatism. It can be used to treat indigestion, rheumatism, cold stomach pain, lumbar myalgia and other diseases. In addition, pepper can also reduce fat and lose weight, promote fat metabolism, and prevent the accumulation of body fat.

American Heart AssociationA 2019 study also pointed to the benefits of eating spicy food in moderation, Compared with those who did not eat chili, those who ate chili more than 4 times a week had a 23% reduction in all-cause mortality.The risk of cardiovascular disease Death will be reduced by 34%

It should be reminded that when eating spicy food exceeds the limit of your body’s tolerance, pepper will not bring “benefit”, but harm. However, when our body has severe diarrhea and vomiting, it is a warning: the body’s capsaicin exceeds the standard and should stop consuming spicy food.

Third, since eating spicy food is good, why do you always get angry after eating it?

“I just finished eating Mala Tang yesterday, and today I have acne on my nose…” Many people who are addicted to spicy food will complain of getting angry and getting acne after a full meal. Why? Acne may not be bad for eating spicy food.

In this regard, Dr. Liu Jia, Department of Clinical Nutrition, Third Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University pointed out that the current There is not enough evidence to show that eating spicy food can cause acne, and the reasons why eating spicy food can cause “breakouts” may be related to the following:

1. Eating spicy food will cause acne Exacerbate the existing inflammation

Many people will accelerate local blood circulation and increase the skin temperature after eating spicy food. If the original skin has inflammation , may aggravate skin conditions.

2. Spicy is often accompanied by high salt and high fat

spicy Hot pot, malatang, skewers, crayfish, etc. These spicy foods themselves contain high fat and salt, which will aggravate the secretion of oil from the sebaceous glands, causing clogged pores and easy acne.

Fourth, focus: No matter how many benefits of eating spicy food, don’t indulge these kinds of people