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Capsaicin kills prostate cancer cells

chili peppersGather 'round, men, for the spicy food cook-off. You don't want to miss this one; it could save your life.

Capsaicin, the chemical in hot peppers (particularly cayenne and habenero) that makes them hot, literally stops prostate cancer cells in their tracks. Really. They actually commit suicide (apoptosis), leading to an eighty percent reduction in the size of the tumors compared with the mice spared from the hot stuff.

This is great news, but not really a surprise that the cancer cells commit suicide when exposed to the capsaicin. After all, haven't there been times you've wanted to kill yourself when eating those nuclear-hot buffalo wings or that seven-alarm chili? Makes perfect sense to me.

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Tags: cancer, capsaicin, cayenne, food, habanero, vegetables

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D,M. Stapleton

2-08-2008 @4:37PM D,M. Stapleton said... This news is rather old and is repeated endlessly. There seems to be a dearth of information regarding onging research, studies or follow-ups on this promising discovery. Is there ?


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