good for you:

https://www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/blogs/good-news-hot-heads-hot-sauce-is-good-you

"You need to know the facts first. Scientists have found that capsaicin, the active ingredient in peppers that makes them spicy, has a wealth of health benefits, reports Time. Capsaicin gives peppers "antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticancer effects." When half a million Chinese adults were were studied, researchers found that "those who ate spicy foods three more times a week had a 14 percent reduced risk of death, compared to those who didn't eat much spicy food."

In the lab, scientist David Popovich had some promising results when he applied capsaicin directly to cancer cells; the growth of the cells reduced. Scientists aren't sure what it is about this ingredient in hot peppers that has this effect, but they have a theory that capsaicin triggers apoptosis, "a cell 'suicide' that encourages the turnover of cells — some with mutations — to be recycled into new cells," explains Time.

And, this "cocktail of bioactive compounds" in peppers works better when blended, cut or cooked because the capsaicin is released from the pepper tissue. Pair it with fat, like oil — or the chicken fat in Buffalo wings — and the benefits increase because capsaicin is fat-soluble. "