Chilli Facts
Our clients loved the chilli chocolate that we sent out to complement the image on our graphic design website We thought you'd like to know some interesting facts about chilli.....- The ‘pain’ caused by the chilli causes endorphins (or pleasure chemicals) to be released into the body – combining it with chocolate gives you double the pleasure, so enjoy!
- Many believe that chillies have properties that can be used to treat long-term and chronic pain, improve digestion, boost the immune system and fight cancer.
- Some believe that eating chillies temporarily speeds up the metabolic rate, hence burning off calories at a faster rate. No guilt here – tuck in!
- If you mix surplus chilli seeds with the peanuts that you put out for the birds, you can stop squirrels pinching them: the birds don't notice, but squirrels aren't into chillies.
- One of the world’s hottest chilli peppers does not come from a tropical hot spot but a smallholding in deepest Dorset. Anyone foolhardy enough to eat a whole Dorset Naga would almost certainly require hospital treatment.
- One of the non-toxic substances found in the fluid injected during a tarantula bite is almost identical to chilli!
- Chilli contains seven times more vitamin C than oranges (but would you eat a whole one?).
- For a warming Christmas treat, split a banana and put pieces of your chilli chocolate in the banana, wrap in tin foil and bake in the oven. Serve with ice cream or brandy butter – yum yum!
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