by STEVE CONNOR
Spicy food flavoured with hot chilli peppers contains a natural chemical ingredient that may lower blood pressure, according to a study on a strain of laboratory rats with hypertension.
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He added that eating hot, spicy food may not be necessary to gain the benefits of chillis because similar compounds are present in sweet peppers. There is, for instance, a mild Japanese pepper, which contains a compound called capsinoid that is closely related to capsaicin. “Limited studies show that these capsinoids produce effects similar to capsaicin. I believe that some people can adopt this sweet pepper,” Dr Zhu said.
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