Lovers of spicy food is the type of thrill seeker - Not everyone likes spicy food. But why would anyone be willing to torture her to eat foods that cause the burning sensation?
A study reported in the Institute of Food Technologists conference also revealed the reason. According to researchers, the reason why someone could really like spicy food is due to the nature of the person, especially if he is a thrill seeker type.
The study conducted by Nadia precisely Byrnes and his team of Penn State University. They involved 184 respondents aged 18-45 years using test Arnett Inventory of Sensation Seeking (AISs).
AISs itself is a test to find how high a person's desire to try new things at risk. For example, "I am married to a foreigner would be nice," or "When listening to music, I like it if the volume is hardened."
Respondents were then given food containing capsaicin - the pungent component of chili - and asked how their love with the food.
As a result, respondents who claimed to like spicy food does have high test scores AISs. While those who do not like spicy foods actually have lower test scores AISs.
"That is, a burning sensation and a feeling like the sensation will be interrelated. Increasingly painful, more and more people should not like it. But not everyone is like that," Byrnes said, as quoted by Medical Daily.
Meanwhile, the researchers added that a number of factors about how one starts like eating spicy foods also need to be analyzed. Because most people are probably used to love as a child due to parental influence, and some others like it because of trial and error.
A study reported in the Institute of Food Technologists conference also revealed the reason. According to researchers, the reason why someone could really like spicy food is due to the nature of the person, especially if he is a thrill seeker type.
The study conducted by Nadia precisely Byrnes and his team of Penn State University. They involved 184 respondents aged 18-45 years using test Arnett Inventory of Sensation Seeking (AISs).
AISs itself is a test to find how high a person's desire to try new things at risk. For example, "I am married to a foreigner would be nice," or "When listening to music, I like it if the volume is hardened."
Respondents were then given food containing capsaicin - the pungent component of chili - and asked how their love with the food.
As a result, respondents who claimed to like spicy food does have high test scores AISs. While those who do not like spicy foods actually have lower test scores AISs.
"That is, a burning sensation and a feeling like the sensation will be interrelated. Increasingly painful, more and more people should not like it. But not everyone is like that," Byrnes said, as quoted by Medical Daily.
Meanwhile, the researchers added that a number of factors about how one starts like eating spicy foods also need to be analyzed. Because most people are probably used to love as a child due to parental influence, and some others like it because of trial and error.
