Spicy Food Prevents Colds?

[suegha]

I have been assured that eating spicy food, particularly curries pevents the common cold! Is there any truth in this or is it a myth?

I ask as I have a cold at the moment and I eat spicy food most days of the week!

[BambinA]

i think its not a myth

spicy food stimulates blood circulation ...more Bl. Cir. makes more matabolism then get energey and heat

spicy food can make u pleasure and enjoy at your mouth .. but u might get a trouble at your @rse ..

[Guest endure]

Chillies cause the release of endorphins, a strong natural analgesic and inducer of 'natural highs'. They're high in vitamin C and also have antibacterial properties. Bring on the nam prik kapi!

[suegha]

i think its  not  a myth

spicy food stimulates blood circulation ...more Bl. Cir. makes  more  matabolism then  get energey and  heat

spicy food can make  u pleasure and  enjoy at your mouth .. but u might get a trouble  at your @rse ..  

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Thank you for your concern, however I never have trouble in that department, not from eating spicy food anyway!

[meadish_sweetball]

Methinks then perhaps it was not spicy enough.

[Boon Mee]

Like Cheech & Chong used to say: "Come on ice cream"!

[BambinA]

took bloody spicy food today ..get thick lips (obviously lips on my face )

if Angelin Jolie saw me, she'd "wai" me and call me"mommy"

[johnh101]

I think its cr@p, I have had a sh1tty cold for about 4 weeks now and eat spicy food every day !

[penzman]

I doubt it. Just like when my wife tells me not to stand in the rain,

-"You'll get a cold!".

-"I don't get colds from standing in the shower..."

[Ijustwannateach]

I remember reading somewhere that as the Ethiopian national dish contains a few dozen different types of chillis, they have the lowest incidence of strep throat in the world.

"Steven"

[tom yum goong]

if i have a blocked nose and eat something really hot, it makes my nose run which makes breathing a little easier.

i remember reading that theres something in tom yum goong thats supposed to help relieve cold symptoms too, might have been the glangol.

[Totster]

Same as above....My nose pours out during and after eating spicy food... so I would say it could prolly help if you had a blocked nose...

totster

[suegha]

Methinks then perhaps it was not spicy enough.

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According to friends, I entertain a lot and often cook them Thai food, they maintain that I make my food spicy and when I do it for just me and my wife I do it even more spicy! I am still full of a cold...

Nice curry for dinner tonight though!

[Patsycat]

Supposedly eating spicy food makes your nose run and that eventually "flushes" out the cold germs as you use up about 10 rolls of toilet paper/kitchen roll.