What's next in diets: Chili peppers?
Sunday, February 8, 2015 - 16:10
in Health & Medicine
A large percentage of the world's population -- fully one third, by the World Health Organization's estimates -- is currently overweight or obese. This staggering statistics has made finding ways to address obesity a top priority for many scientists around the globe, and now a group of researchers has found promise in the potential of capsaicin -- the chief ingredient in chili peppers -- as a diet-based supplement.