Eating hot peppers may help you live longer.
A new analysis, in PLOS One, corroborates findings from a 2015 study of spicy food that was conducted in China.
The new report used data on 16,179 American adults participating in a larger public health study.
There were 4,946 deaths over the 23 years of the study. After controlling for age, sex, smoking, blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes and other characteristics, they found that those who reported eating hot peppers had a 13 percent reduced risk for dying early.
