{"id":46927,"date":"2016-05-23T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=46927"},"modified":"2018-01-04T15:49:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T20:49:03","slug":"uncommon-knowledge-hot-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2016\/uncommon-knowledge-hot-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Knowledge: Why is Hot Food Hot Cuisine in Hot Countries?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/hot-sauce-set?source=blog_uk052316\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46930 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/40220_uk52316.jpg\" alt=\"40220_uk52316\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" \/><\/a>Mexican, Caribbean, Indian, Thai\u2026if you connect the dots of spicy cuisines around the globe, you\u2019ll find that sizzling seasonings like chili peppers have something in common: they\u2019re found in the favorite foods of hot climates. At first, maybe that doesn\u2019t make sense. If it\u2019s already hot, why eat something that might make you sweat? But then you realize that perspiring is nature\u2019s way of cooling you off. Capsaicin, the compound in peppers that gives them a kick, also raises your metabolism and causes a slight rise in body temperature, inducing sweating. Catch a breeze, and just chill. If that doesn\u2019t convince you to tuck into some pad Thai, vindaloo, or chile rellenos, there\u2019s another reason to spice things up in hot weather: spicy food acts as an appetite stimulant, counteracting the tendency to skip meals in the heat. And for the record, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Mr_uHJPUlO8\" target=\"_blank\">these funky Chili Peppers<\/a> can make you sweat too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/hot-sauce-set?source=blog_uk052316\">Hot Sauce Set<\/a> | $48<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexican, Caribbean, Indian, Thai\u2026if you connect the dots of spicy cuisines around the globe, you\u2019ll find that sizzling seasonings&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":47150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1208],"tags":[110,813],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46927"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46927"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47309,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46927\/revisions\/47309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}