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Peppers and longevity in the news ...

They found that those who ate more of the spicy ingredient tended to be "younger, male, white, Mexican-American, married, and to smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, and consume more vegetables and meats . . . had lower HDL-cholesterol, lower income, and less education," in comparison to participants who did not consume red chili peppers.
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The chiles also turned them into stupid, poverty stricken, smoking alcoholics?  We're all doomed!
 
LOL @ the sidebar story with the sad grill picture:  "Chiefs fans so devastated by playoff loss that they left their grills in the parking lot."  That's harsh.  They even left the whisky behind...damn.  https://t.co/IJmefi0i27
 
Sounds to me like he just happened to randomly select participants who were less likely to give a shit about ANYTHING, more than any single other factor.  (that's the immediate inference that I would have drawn, anyway) Take the stress out of the equation, add a chile pepper, and forget all about causality.  Carefree living is the most likely factor, given the parameters that were noted.
 
Besides...  Aren't people who try a hot pepper just a bit more likely to be adventurous and free-spirited, anyway?  We all knew the first time was gonna hurt, but we did it, anyway!
 
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