Jill wrote:

> "Manda" apparently can't figure out how to spell "spicy" so who on earth
> is going to take this post seriously? Oh, and tell everyone in Asia,
> Europe, North and South and Central America to stop eating spicy foods.
> They've only been doing it for centuries.

Tradition is not a supporting argument. The best determinant of a healthy
diet in a population is that population's expected lifespan. None of the
regions associated with spicy cuisine are noted for being particularly
long-lived. Taken by itself, that would indicate that eating spicy foods is
not conducive to a long life, but of course there are many other factors at
work, chief among them being the fact that tropical climates are usually
more disease-ridden.

Also, I'm not at all sure why you associate Europe with spicy food. By and
large, spicy food is the exception throughout Europe. I can post a few
European recipes which support that statement if you like. :-)

Bob