Animal Research Minute – Could spicy foods have unique health benefits?
Well, ABC Radio reports the compounds in spicy foods could be good for our hearts. When scientists fed hamsters – that were already on a high cholesterol diet – spicy food, they found the compounds in the spicy food lowered the hamsters’ bad cholesterol levels. It seems the spicy foods also helped to decrease the amount of plaque in the hamsters’ arteries. This study gives scientists a better idea of how spicy foods could help improve heart health in people.
Read more: http://abcnewsradioonline.com/health-news/spicy-compound-may-boost-heart-health.html#ixzz1r6DJWnfg
SFNToday.com is dedicated to serving the agricultural industry in the Carolinas and Virginia with the latest ag news, exclusive regional weather station readings, and key crop market information. The website is a companion of the Southern Farm Network, provider of daily agricultural radio programming to the Carolinas since 1974. SFNToday.com presents radio programs, interviews and news relevant to crop and livestock production and research throughout the mid-Atlantic agricultural community.
