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Researchers Challenge Long-Held Beliefs about Water, Spicy Food and Digestion

July 21, 2026

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New research makes a case that runs against two different strands of popular nutrition advice at once: that water at meals is a simple ally in eating less, and that spicy food is something to approach with caution if you're watching what you eat; the research showed the opposite might be true: water tracked with eating more, and spice tracked with eating less. Image credit: Yukuaikuai.

A new review of previous studies in the journal Appetite undercuts the popular belief that water fills you up at the table.

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