Chicken soup is a comfort food, a restorative elixir, and has its rightful place in nearly every food culture across the globe. In the Caribbean and West Africa, chicken soup is often infused with the ...

The heat from chiles comes from a chemical called capsaicin, which some plants evolved to ward off rodents, insects, and other parasites. In mammals, capsaicin works as a neurotoxin, causing a burning ...