All-around endurance secret: Hot peppers

“Eating jalapeno peppers keeps my metabolism revved up and keeps me healthy,” says Hillary Clinton. Her spokesman, Jay Carson, confirms, “She eats all kinds of peppers, from jalapeños to habaneros. She eats them at pretty much every meal. I’ve never seen a pepper too hot for he?’

Science proves it!

Capsaicin, the compound that gives peppers their spiciness, stimulates the adrenal glands to release a get-up-and-go surge of adrenaline that lasts up to three hours, according to a study in the British Journal of Nutrition. Another reason to love chilies: One serving contains 357 percent more vitamin C than a medium-size orange—enough to lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol by 30 percent, German researchers report. All of a sudden, that mile-long to-do list doesn’t seem so daunting!