Capsaicin combats cancer.
A recent study found that those who ate spicy foods three more times a week had a 14 percent reduced risk of death, compared to those who didn't eat much spicy food. Turns out, by attacking cell mitochondria, the capsaicin in hot sauce can trigger the self-destruction of harmful cancer cells without hurting healthy cells.
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