Meals that bring the heat might just help you eat less. That’s the takeaway from a recent study led by researchers at The Pennsylvania State University. Their findings suggest that adding chili pepper ...

Spicy foods might not only add oomph to your meals, but they may be giving your health a boost, too. A recent study published in the American Heart Association's journal "Hypertension" found people ...

Spicy food is no longer just a cultural preference — it has become a global phenomenon driven by biology, pleasure, tradition ...

There’s something telling about the fact that so many of us now seek pleasure in a controlled burn. Walk into almost any ...

Could eating spicy foods help you lose weight? "Simply adding chili pepper to a meal — just enough to make it spicy without changing how much you like it — might help reduce how much you eat," Dr.

Some people seriously love spicy food. Whenever they eat somewhere that gives them the option of a spice level, they choose the highest. At home, they put hot sauce on pretty much everything, even ...

At SEA by Jungsik in the Koreatown area of Manhattan, the Spicy Beef Tartare features daily-diced prime top-round beef with ...

Scientists at Penn State University’s Sensory Evaluation Center have discovered that a little heat goes a long way in limiting caloric intake at meal times. Their findings, slated to be published in ...

A new study out of China appears to show that eating certain spicy foods might lead to increased longevity. Via the NY Times’ Nicholas Bakalar, the study, published in BMJ, featured participants ...

You know that rush you get when you bite into something so spicy it makes your eyes water and your nose run? What if that intense physical reaction isn’t just masochistic food enjoyment, but actually ...