Bicycling: Eat These, and Lower Your Mortality Risk. October 18, 2016 by Garret Vreeland in Health, Science, Santa Fe Local People who eat spicy foods such as chili peppers on a daily basis enjoy a 14 percent drop in mortality risk, compared with those who skip the hot stuff, per research in the journal BMJ.Live in NM, pickled in green chile ... FTW.