#peppers

You have to be a real glutton for punishment to willingly take a single bite of the infamously spicy Carolina Reaper pepper. However, one particularly masochistic competitive eater ate more than 100 of them while breaking his own world record even though he could’ve stopped long before he decided

Getty Image Hot sauce is the elixir of life. This is not just a matter of opinion, but a matter of scientific fact: peppers (regardless of Scoville intensity) contain an ingredient called capsaicin that is a natural stimulant, releasing all sorts of pleasurable endorphins into the brain. Back

iStockphoto I’ve never eaten a single Carolina Reaper Pepper in my life, the world’s hottest pepper. I also have zero interest whatsoever in eating a Carolina Reaper Pepper at any point because I’m fairly certain it would nuke everything in my stomach. I actually have an exceptionally high

I don’t go a single day without throwing some sort of spice on my food. I’m using more hot sauce than I’d ever like to admit (check out TRUFF by the way!). I’ve never really stopped to think about why peppers are spicy, I’ve just accepted them for what they are. For the longest time, scientists

In 2013, Guinness World Records named the Carolina Reaper the hottest pepper in the world. The Carolina Reaper was bred to be fiery pepper of death and destruction because it is a hybrid between Sweet Habanero and Naga Viper chilies. The Carolina Reaper has a mouth-melting 1,569,300 Scoville Heat