Jacob Sager Weinstein

There's evidence that they can reduce the risk of cancer.

there's evidence that chili, fresh chili, changes your taste buds in a way that makes you crave less salt.

Now, I'm a wimp when it comes to spicy foods, so I can't follow this tip myself, but if you like spicy foods and you can substitute chili for salt, that's a virtuous cycle.

The more you do it, the less salt you will crave, and chili itself is healthy as well.

I will say another bit of good news is that if you like coffee and tea, there is evidence that those are probably on the balance good for you.

If you have too much, you lose sleep, you get stressed, but generally about two to five cups a day of coffee or tea are actively good for you.

They reduce the risk of dementia.

They reduce the risk of stroke.

There was one study that moderate coffee intake actually made people less likely to commit suicide.

So there's evidence that it improves your outlook.

So those are things that people sometimes think of as vices that are actually virtues.