I love eating spicy food. Spicy food is eaten all over the world in even fed to newborns in some regions. The spices in food can help to bring out the food’s flavor and add more pizazz to the meal. Cayenne pepper is even added to some chocolates to help open up the taste buds so that the flavor of the chocolate can be fully experienced. Experts say that spicy foods can even have several health benefits. Spicy food can help to alleviate the pain felt from arthritis and make you body less hospitable to viruses and bacteria. I personally love spicy foods, but I wasn’t always able to handle the heat. Fortunately I found that is is possible to increase my tolerance to spices! The key is to find the flavors of spices that you find the tastiest and start from there. Gradually increasing the level of heat you add to your food helps to not feel overwhelmed by a flood of flavor. If you get a little over-zealous with the spices it’s helpful to keep a glass of milk to cup of yogurt handy. Milk works better than water because it washes away the spicy oils better. After you have built up some heat tolerance to the spice of your choice, experiment with other flavors that you might have been leery of before. Despite popular belief, spicy foods do not aggravate stomach ulcers and may actually help to reduce their occurrence. Oils from spicy food can always burn sensitive areas if transferred via hands, so it’s important to wash your hand after eating or preparing peppers.

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