Spicy foods and spicy personalities

民間有種說法，說愛吃辣的人性格脾性也會(huì)和辣椒一樣，易急躁、好激動(dòng)。這是真的嗎？美國(guó)的科研人員對(duì)此問題展開了實(shí)驗(yàn)分析，他們的研究結(jié)果會(huì)是怎樣的呢？

Ordering a chicken vindaloo is usually the sign of someone who has taste for very spicy food. It also turns out to be an indication that their personality is also on the spicy side. A new study has found that people who like stimulating their taste buds with meals such as a vindaloo curry also have risk-taking personalities.

Researchers in the US tested 200 peoples to see how they reacted to certain adrenalin pumping sensations， such as standing on the edge of something or watching highly suspenseful movies. They were then given a small amount of capsaicin - the active ingredient in chilli peppers-in a glass of water and asked to swish it around their mouth. Those who said they liked the spicy taste were the same ones who enjoyed the adrenalin rush of risky behaviour.

Dr. Alan Hirsch of the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago says the correlation between risk taking and spicy food makes total sense to him. He said， “There’s a long-standing hypothesis that risk takers are adrenaline deficient and that they take risks to get that adrenaline and feel better. So they’ll work with bombs or in other high risk environments and then they’ll feel normal. Similarly， when you eat hot spicy food， it gives you a little bit of pain and therefore enhances your adrenaline level.”