Gather '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.
It has happened to all of us at one time or another. You needed to buy fresh
cilantro (or as some call it, coriander) for one recipe, that called for a tablespoon or so, and now you have this
giant bunch of cilantro rotting in your fridge. How can you let such a special herb go to waste? Here are eight fun
things we do with our leftover cilantro.
If the media hasn't overdosed you with enough holiday spirit this year, maybe you'll get your
fill at a fast food restaurant.
I hesitated to even
write this post up for Slashfood, as I am not sure that Cheetos qualify as food, but I digress . . .
Ah, memory lane. Remember those Tab Cola commercials? Tab, you're
beautiful to me.
Well, nostalgia, step aside and make room for the new and improved 












