Some people can't get enough spice while others can't handle any. If you're the latter type, you've probably used dairy to ...

If you enjoy spicy foods, you know the moment when the spice finally overwhelms you. Next time it happens, here's why you ...

Capsaicin in chili peppers may aid in managing gestational diabetes by improving insulin sensitivity and reducing ...

But there's no real heat in a pepper. So, what's going on? It's all about a chemical compound in peppers called capsaicin. Capsaicin binds to pain receptors on our nerves called TRPV1. Normally ...

Some people prefer spicy food, while others prefer sweet or bland flavours. However, consuming extreme amounts of any can be harmful. Here are some side effects of eating too much spicy food that you ...

Certain regular spices such as cayenne pepper, cinnamon, ginger, turmeric, black pepper, garlic, and mustard can boost ...

it doesn’t. Capsaicin is the chemical that makes chili peppers spicy. It was developed specifically to keep mammals from eating them. But humans went ahead and started eating – and enjoying ...

Topical application of capsaicin, an agent used to treat chronic pain syndromes, has been shown to improve PHN-related pain. Backonja et al. have demonstrated that one 60-minute application of a ...

Binshtok et al. theorized that it could be possible to exploit the transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) channel, which is sensitive to noxious heat and capsaicin, to selectively ...

What do humans and an Asian tree shrew have in common? We are the only two mammals known to tolerate the burn of capsaicin – the active chemical compound responsible for making chilli peppers ...