Why is piquant/spicy food so popular?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgfs.2018.04.002
Abstract: Abstract The desire for piquant/spicy food has grown phenomenally over the last 500 years or so. In this review, I summarize the literature on this most intriguing of oral sensations, and summarize various explanations for… read more here.
Keywords: spicy food; food; piquant spicy; food popular ... See more keywords
Regional brain morphology of the primary somatosensory cortex correlates with spicy food consumption and capsaicin sensitivity
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DOI: 10.1080/1028415x.2022.2031495
Abstract: ABSTRACT Objective: Habitual spicy food consumption leads to altered perception of capsaicin. Little is known about the neural morphological correlates of habitual spicy food intake and related trigeminal perceptions. In this study, we used voxel-based… read more here.
Keywords: food; spicy food; food consumption; sensitivity ... See more keywords
The Association Between Long-Term Spicy-Food Consumption and the Incidence of Chronic Postsurgical Pain After Cesarean Delivery: An Observational Study
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DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s373030
Abstract: Background Our previous study found that a long-term diet incorporating spicy foods can reduce the human basal pain threshold. Capsaicin is the pungent ingredient in chili peppers. Transient receptor potential vanilloid type1 is the capsaicin… read more here.
Keywords: long term; incidence; spicy food; group ... See more keywords
The Association between Spicy Food Consumption and Psychological Health in Chinese College Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
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DOI: 10.3390/nu14214508
Abstract: Background: Capsaicin is the main active ingredient in chili peppers and spicy food. Animal studies provide contradictory results on the role of capsaicin in psychiatric disorders. There are no epidemiological studies to investigate the relationship… read more here.
Keywords: food; spicy food; food consumption; days week ... See more keywords
Eating Spicy Food, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Score, and Their Interaction on Incident Stroke in Southwestern Chinese Aged 30–79: A Prospective Cohort Study
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DOI: 10.3390/nu15051222
Abstract: Little is known about the association between spicy food intake, dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) score, and incident stroke. This study aimed to explore the association of eating spicy food, DASH score, and their… read more here.
Keywords: food; spicy food; interaction; dash score ... See more keywords
[Spicy food consumption and risk of lip, oral cavity and pharynx cancers: a prospective cohort study of Chinese adults].
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DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20210616-00475
Abstract: Objective: To explore the association of spicy food consumption and risk of lip, oral cavity, and pharynx cancers (LOCPs) in Chinese adults. Methods: Based on the baseline survey and long-term follow-up of the China Kadoorie… read more here.
Keywords: risk; spicy food; food consumption; food ... See more keywords