Chilis Don't Get You Hot

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Chilis may do more than add spice to your salsa. There's evidence emerging that consuming a large amount of chilis (at least three a day) could affect the way women experience sexual pleasure and conversely, the pain of childbirth.

Something in the chilis — namely capsaicin — can affect the nerves in the pelvis that relate to pain and pleasure. This means is that women who eat a lot of chilis may have a harder time during labour; in fact, women in India are frequently warned to avoid chili peppers for three months before labour.

It's food for thought.

Read the full story here, at the New York Daily News.