Some people love spicy food -- the hotter, the better. Others go out of their way to avoid the palate-singeing burn of capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their kick. Now, researchers ...

Last month, hot pepper expert Ed Currie received an acknowledgement that warmed his heart. His newly bred pepper, which he dubbed “Pepper X,” had been publicly named the hottest pepper in the world by ...

Some people love spicy food -- the hotter, the better. Others go out of their way to avoid the palate-singeing burn of capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their kick. Now, researchers ...

Just how hot is your chili pepper? A new chili-shaped device could quickly signal whether adding the pepper to a meal might set your mouth ablaze. Called the Chilica-pod, the device detects capsaicin, ...

Today’s column looks at chile heat chemistry. But first, how to classify chile. When eaten, chile is a vegetable, a fruit in horticulture but it can also be a spice. Pigments found in chile are used ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People who eat chili peppers may be less likely to die from heart disease or cancer and may live longer than those who don’t eat ...

For nearly 40 years, I've been gleefully setting my face on fire. It started when I was 9 or 10 and visited a farmers market with my mother. I spotted a display of cherry peppers, asked the vendor to ...

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Capsaicin is the compound responsible for determining just how hot a variety of chili pepper will be; the higher the capsaicin levels, the hotter the pepper. There are several methods for quantifying ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nutrients, researchers in Australia examine the health benefits associated with capsaicin, with a particular focus on how this compound impacts cognition and ...