Study: spicy foods may help you live longer

reduction in risk of death for people who ate spicy food 3 to 7 days per week, compared with people who ate the least amount of spicy food

days per week with some portion of a meal containing spicy food was all it took for people to have a 10% reduced risk of death

reduction in cancer-death risk in people who ate food spiced with fresh chillies 6 or more days a week, compared with those who ate the least amount of spicy food.

people aged 30 to 70 across 10 regions in China were analyzed from 2004 to 2008.