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Super Spicy!

What happens when you eat SUPER SPICY FOOD?

From the May/June 2024 Issue
Featured Skill: Use Visuals, Vocabulary,
Topic: Science,
Common Core Standards
  • RI.2.7 Use visuals RI.2.9 Compare two texts on a similar topic RI.2.10 Read grade-2-appropriate informational text
TEKS Standards
  • Health
    (6) Healthy eating and physical activity—food and beverage daily recommendations. The student identifies and explains healthy eating strategies for enhancing and maintaining personal health throughout the lifespan. The student is expected to: (C) identify healthy and unhealthy choices within the food groups; (8) Healthy eating and physical activity—risk and protective factors. The student identifies and explains risk and protective factors related to healthy eating and physical activity. The student is expected to: (B) identify the benefits of establishing healthy eating and physical activity habits that will last a lifetime.

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What happens when you eat SUPER SPICY FOOD?

From left: You sweat. Your eyes tear up. Your nose runs.

How HOT Is It?

Many spicy foods are made from chili peppers. Chili peppers get their spiciness from a chemical called capsaicin (kap-SAY-uh-suhn). You can rank a pepper’s spiciness by how much capsaicin it has.

From top: 
VERY SPICY - Carolina Reaper
HOT - Cayenne
MEDIUM - Jalapeño
MILD - Poblano

How SPICE Can Affect You

Eating spicy food may help you live longer.

Capsaicin may help prevent sickness.

Spicy food may upset your stomach.

Capsaicin can make your mouth and throat feel like they are burning.

Sources: Science Daily, Harris Poll

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