16 Reasons You Need More Spice In Your Life

    Spicy food, that is, because PAIN IS PLEASURE.

    1. Chili peppers can improve your heart health.

    2. It also jumpstarts your metabolism and helps you lose weight.

    3. Eating spicy food puts you in a better mood, says science.

    4. And certain spices, like turmeric, can help alleviate depression.

    5. Turmeric also helps to clear your airways, allowing you to breathe better.

    6. Research has found spices have the ability to kill cancer cells.

    7. And lower blood pressure while strengthening your cardiovascular system.

    8. Although it can induce a little bit of pain, it can alleviate a little bit of pain as well.

    9. Dried red peppers have all the flavors without the added calories, fat, or sugar.

    10. It's also packed with Vitamins A and C.

    11. Its mouth-numbing acidity prompts you to drink more water. And we should all drink more water.

    12. But facts aside: it turns boring, bland food into super amazing, super awesome food.

    13. Like cheap eats into fancy feasts.

    14. Or lame, plebeian protein into powerful and punching jerk chicken.

    15. Or a bowl of nothing into a bowl of spicy and satisfying self-torture.

    16. And when your tongue is left tingling, sweets are a magical experience thereafter.

    Sure, building a tolerance is a slow, gradual, painstaking process...

    But once you graduate to badass heat levels, your taste buds will expand to a whole new variety of foods.

    It's time to upgrade your life. Because nothing will ever quite be the same.