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Like spicy food? If so, you might live longer, say researchers at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, who found that consumption of hot red chili peppers is associated with a 13 percent reduction in total mortality -- primarily in deaths due to heart disease or stroke -- in a large prospective study.

QUESTIONS: 

1. What are the benefits of eating chili peppers? 

2. Do you believe that eating chili peppers could help you live longer? Defend your answer. 

3. Do you prefer eating spicy foods? why or why not?