Spicy food does more than just set your taste buds tingling. That familiar rush of heat, flushed cheeks and beads of sweat may actually signal your body working harder behind the scenes. According to ...

Capsaicin in spicy foods can slightly increase calorie burning and may support digestion. Eating spicy foods can also trigger symptoms in people with acid reflux and gastritis. Possible benefits from ...

When is spicy food at its best? At 2 a.m.? After a breakup, when you’re ready to feel the pain? Spicy food is appropriate whenever you need it. We did some of our own sleuthing and got tips from ...

Sweaty palms, watery eyes and zero regrets kick off today’s International Hot and Spicy Food Day, as heat lovers show up ready for the burn. What started as a thrill has settled into tradition, with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aly Walansky is a NY-based journalist who covers cocktails and dining. Hot and Spicy Day (which is also known as International Hot ...

Spicy food can be a delicious thrill ride worth sharing with friends, and people all around the world agree. So popular is spicy food around the globe that there are probably some incendiary dishes ...

Don’t take a licking from spicy food. A team of researchers in China claims to have created an artificial “tongue” that can quickly detect spice levels in their food — and they used a well-known ...

The appearance of a hot sauce or pepper doesn’t reveal whether it’s mild or likely to scorch someone’s taste buds. So, researchers made an artificial tongue to quickly detect spiciness. Inspired by ...

This transparent square acts like an artificial tongue, reacting to capsaicin and similar pungent compounds in proportion to a food’s spiciness. The appearance of a hot sauce or pepper doesn’t reveal ...

From shifting Scoville levels to chef preferences, here’s why 'make it spicy' misses — plus smarter ways to order, tweak at the table, and recover. Darron Cardosa is a food service professional with ...