Hillary Clinton pops raw jalapenos on the campaign trail 'like potato chips,' former aide says

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Presidential candidates are seemingly constantly fielding questions about what they eat on the campaign trail. There's Jeb Bush's Paleo diet. There was Scott Walker's utter lack of diet.

Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has started dieting this election cycle, but The Associated Press reports she's long been singing the praises of eating spicy foods as a weight-loss strategy.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.