Back in the day, it was a niche condiment. Those who ate it were a much smaller slice of the population. The serving size was trivial. There are both pros and cons of eating hot sauce. If you buy the wrong ones, you may be exposing yourself to dangerous levels of a toxic heavy metal. Most major brands list zero calories per serving. Technically there are a few, but FDA labeling laws allow rounding to zero for numbers below 5.
Several studies have concluded that hot sauce good is for your metabolism. It appears to increase energy expenditure i. This appears to include the burning of brown adipose fat tissue, which is one cause of belly fat. Whether this temporary effect helps with long term weight loss remains unknown. While there is brown fat behind the abdominal muscle, most of it is in other places of the body, including your shoulders and neck, which can give the appearance of a fat neck.
So really, reduction in either area is desired! Habanero, ghost, and other chili peppers are a good source of vitamin C, however the heat of pasteurization and cooking will destroy that. Still, there are other beneficial phytonutrients like lutein and zeaxanthin which some research suggests may help protect against age-related macular degeneration AMD. ORAC value testing to report the antioxidant activity of specific hot sauce recipes and brands has not been done.
Based on testing of the peppers and spices used, this condiment likely has respectable antioxidant activity. In vitro lab research has reported the following ORAC values :. All of the spicy red peppers varieties will rank high. To paint perspective, the numbers for raw green, yellow, orange, and red bell peppers come in between to 1, for the same weights.
Freeze-dried acai powder of the same weight comes in at ,, a number easily trumped by Szechuan pepper powder. So even though these ingredients are antioxidant rich, you have to consider portion sizes when comparing them to other fruits and veggies.
Prostaglandin E2 PGE2 is a principal mediator of inflammation in many types of diseases, including osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Animal research has found that the capsaicin in hot peppers inhibits PGE2 in a dose-dependent manner.
Scientists suspect this might be why some people claim hot sauce helps their knee pain, back pain, and other aching joints. Lowering of cholesterol and triglycerides from capsaicin has been seen in animal research. Capsaicin interacts with a special type of protein located on the surface of nerve cells called TRPV1. Basically, your body is too stupid to know the difference between real heat and the capsaicin molecule found in chili peppers, because both activate TRPV1.
It turns out that might be desirable. Beneficial effects have been observed when the TRPV1 is activated in certain parts of the body, such as the circulatory system. With the exception of the high sodium in some brands, the evidence suggests that hot sauce is good for your heart. In cultured cells, an inhibitory effect on fibrosis was seen. In acute liver injury models, pathology and function was better in mice treated with capsaicin injections.
These findings suggest hot sauce is good for your liver. Human studies will be needed to confirm. In lab cultured human colon cancer cells, capsaicin derived from hot peppers was found to promote apoptosis controlled cell death by activating and stabilizing the p53 tumor suppressor protein. Other research has suggested that capsaicin might positively influence gene expression that relates to metastasis and angiogenesis growth of new blood supplies in tumors.
To be clear, all of the health benefits discussed so far are not conclusively proven in human trials and therefore as the saying goes, this food should not be used to treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The most common adverse reactions from eating too much hot sauce are a result of the capsaicin interacting with the TRPV1 on the surface of nerve cells. That is a myth. According to Toyia James-Stevenson , M. As if the list of pros wasn't already long enough, peppers also pack some serious vitamin C , which can help support your immune system and improve the symptoms of the common cold or flu, says Antonucci.
Unfortunately, slapping vast amounts of hot sauce onto your food has its drawbacks too—namely its high salt content. While some of the research linking excess sodium to heart and blood pressure issues has been overblown, the fact still remains that eating too much salt can cause bloating and headaches. Mouth on fire from hot sauce? This water bottle hack will keep you hydrated and cool you down :.
Excess sodium consumption from any source, whether its hot sauce or soy sauce, can have negative health effects on people who already have heart conditions. If you have a sensitive tummy or suffer from conditions like frequent heartburn or gastroesophageal reflux disease GERD , you might also want to think twice before going overboard with the condiment.
Spicy peppers can increase acidity and encourage inflammation of the stomach lining. But that would be in people who are susceptible to it; there may be people who eat hot sauce every day and have no problems with it," says Ganjhu. So, all things considered, is it bad for you to put hot sauce on everything?
Otherwise, you might find your kitchen full of smoke and steam that burns your eyes. If you have too much of either in your hot sauce, we recommend adding an alcohol AND a fat element to your dish. Adding dairy, such as sour cream, is always an option to cut the heat for vinegar-based hot sauces. If you add it directly to the sauce, it will effect the flavor and will make your sauce spoil much more quickly than it otherwise would. One option is to peel and slice an uncooked potato into chunks, put those chunks directly into your hot sauce, and simmer over low heat.
The idea here is that the potato will absorb some of the heat of the hot sauce. Plus, the braver folks in your household will get a delicious side with dinner! Another option is a unique one that works with vinegar-based hot sauces. Take a shallow baking pan and spread the hot sauce across it. Then, bake the hot sauce until it dries. Grind up the chunks that are left, put it in a shaker jar, and sprinkle it on your food!
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