Seven-year study of adults in China links spicy foods to 14% reduced risk of death

[Place Of Space]

My best friend

 

[Zibago]

Fry it and eat it with chili garlic sauce for extra flavouring

 

[Raphael]

Going by this , North Indians & Pakistanis ought to have a long life.

Our diet is nothing but spicey stuff.

Thanks for sharing

Actually , I felt the opposite. I found Chinese eating virtually no spice & oil. This I felt explained their good health.

As @AndrewJin mentioned, Cantonese and other coastal cuisines are most commonly represented overseas, but actually, they differ from most Chinese cuisine for their absence of spices. Spicy food is especially represented in western China.

 

[AndrewJin]

My best friend

We have similar taste! I like these very long green pepper, very spicy!
Let me show you my breakfast, beef rice noodle in spicy red oil.

vegetarian rich noodle.

 

[Place Of Space]

Fry it and eat it with chili garlic sauce for extra flavouring

I know this kind, it's super spicy. Here I use it as spices. Add one or two into the dish.

 

[Zibago]

I know this kind, it's super spicy. Here I use it as spices. Add one or two into the dish.

The smaller and slimmer kind of chillies are normally spicier

They will make you breath fire haha
@Shamain khao gi?

 

[Echo_419]

Frequent spicy meals linked to human longevity | World news | The Guardian

People who request an extra kick to their curry could also be adding years to their life, according to a large study which linked frequent consumption of spicy food to longevity.

Researchers examining the diets of almost 500,000 people in China over seven years recorded that those who ate spicy foods one or two days a week had a 10% reduced risk of death compared with those who ate such meals less than once a week. The risk was 14% lower for those who ate spicy food between three and seven days a week.

As the study, published in the BMJ on Tuesday, was observational, conclusions could not be drawn about cause and effect but the team of international authors, led by researchers at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, suggested that more research could lead to dietary advice being updated. Experts warned that the study did not provide evidence to “prompt a change in diet”.

In an accompanying editorial to the research, Nita Forouhi, from the University of Cambridge, said that there had been suggestions already of many potential benefits from chilli and its bioactive compound capsaicin; these included anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. Scientists had also noted the benefits for gut microbiota and anti-obesity effects from chilli. “Future research is needed to establish whether spicy food consumption has the potential to improve health and reduce mortality directly, or if it is merely a marker of other dietary and lifestyle factors.”

The study involved people aged between 35 and 79 from 10 geographically diverse areas across China. The research ran from 2004 to 2008. During a median follow-up of 7.2 years there were 20,224 deaths. Participants with a history of serious disease were excluded, and factors such as age, marital status, education, physical activity, family history and general diet, were taken into account.

The participants in the study were asked about the type of spicy foods they ate and how often they consumed them. Chilli pepper, among the most popular spicy foods eaten in China, was the most commonly used spice noted in the responses. However, the authors pointed out that the use of other types of spices generally increased with that of chilli pepper.

Further analysis showed those who consumed fresh, as opposed to dry, chilli tended to have a lower risk of death from cancer, ischaemic heart disease and diabetes.

Kevin McConway, professor of applied statistics at the Open University, warned against reading too much into the results. “Maybe this is something in the way spices are used in Chinese cooking, or [it is] related to other things people eat or drink with the spicy food. Maybe it has something to do with the sort of people, in China, who tend to eat more spicy food.

“The Chinese population that they studied is different from the population in Britain, in terms of cooking practices, social relations, health care systems, genetics, and a lot else. And it’s important to realise that the study gives very little encouragement for the stereotypical English pastime of going out for several pints of beer and a hot curry. The relationship between eating spicy food and a lower death rate was apparent really only in people who didn’t drink alcohol at all.”

Interesting

 

[StarCraft_ZT]

Hey Shanghai bro, you like spicy too? Seems it's just getting so popular here!

I'm from Zhengzhou, Henan. Are you Shanghainese?

Yes, I eat spicy a lot.

I like Shanghai food too. Like this one:

 

[AndrewJin]

I'm from Zhengzhou, Henan. Are you Shanghainese?

Yes, I eat spicy a lot.

I like Shanghai food too. Like this one:

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Like it too, 生煎包 is my favourite breakfast in Shanghai, companied by 油豆腐粉丝汤。
@Shotgunner51

 

[Srinivas]

This is a hot chilli from my region called "Guntur Mirchi"

 

[ahojunk]

We have similar taste! I like these very long green pepper, very spicy!
Let me show you my breakfast, beef rice noodle in spicy red oil.
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vegetarian rich noodle.
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Just looking at these pictures make me hungry.
These meals are so appetizing.

 

[AndrewJin]

Just looking at these pictures make me hungry.
These meals are so appetizing.

Isn't it too spicy for you? All beaf and red oil is boiled to gather for a whole day.

 

[Sarjen29]

We have similar taste! I like these very long green pepper, very spicy!
Let me show you my breakfast, beef rice noodle in spicy red oil.
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vegetarian rich noodle.
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Dude what's the recipe for this???

The smaller and slimmer kind of chillies are normally spicier

They will make you breath fire haha
@Shamain khao gi?

Breath fire??? It'll give me nice red light signal at your back

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Considering chili peppers originated in Mexico and they eat it by the bucketfull they should be high up the list.

List of countries by life expectancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'd figure out what the Japanese (or better yet the Australians) are eating and work your way from there.

My guess is eating raw vegetables (salads) is the actual key.


Hey @Nihonjin1051 is there a history of raw vegetable eating in Japan as I know the Chinese have a strong aversion to it.

 

[ahojunk]

Isn't it too spicy for you? All beef and red oil is boiled together for a whole day.

@AndrewJin

No mate.

My family and I like spicy food.

We are into curries and spicy food.