Kim Ghattas, author of The Secretary, tells Politico the secret to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s incredible stamina was hot chili peppers “that make you sweat.”
Said Ghattas: “It wakes you up. It flushes your system, maybe from whatever viruses are there.”
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