Healthy Holiday Brain: Chili

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Channel: Joy Holiday Family · 2018 · Entertainment

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In this web series, inspired by the cookbook "Food for Thought: Eating For Brain Health", we hope to share some tasty recipes with you that nourish and potentially boost your brain’s capacity for coping with the extra holiday stress.

Fall Holidays, tailgate parties, chili cook-offs - any opportunity to have fun and cook for a crowd, so you want to bring your "A" game.  Your brain has receptors for capsaicin, the component in chili peppers that makes them hot. When someone eats chili peppers, their brain responds by releasing endorphins - natural feel-good chemicals. Research has shown that individuals who consume spicy foods report a mood-lifting effect similar to the high reported by runners after working out. So maybe it won't matter so much if your team loses after the big game! 

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