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A study by a team of researchers at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine provides the first published in-depth description of the anti-cancer activity of capsaicin sustained-release formulations. Capsaicin is naturally found in chili peppers and is the agent that provides a hot and spicy taste when eating chili peppers. Sustained-release formulations …
If spicy foods fan your flames of hunger, you’re in luck: Peppery meals do far more than make your tongue tingle and forehead sweat. There’s evidence that food with a kick can help you lose weight, boost heart health, and – surprise! – aid your gastrointestinal system, according to the Clevland Clinic. “Spicy food is …
Treatment for pain doesn’t always have to be in the form of a prescription drug, whether the pain be from fibromyalgia or something else there are natural approaches that may help to ease your chronic pain. Fibromyalgia affects about 1 in every 50 Americans with its almost daily widespread muscle pain, constant fatigue, sleeplessness, fibro …
A recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology suggests that those who consume chili peppers on a regular basis enjoy an all cause mortality risk that is 23% lower than that of those who do not consume chili peppers at all. In collaboration with the University of Insubria Varese, the …
Nutrient calories are turned into heat energy the body uses to regulate internal temperature by thermogenic agents, taking these agents as supplements may help to reduce weight and maintain a healthy level, thereby lowering the risk of obesity. Often obesity can be traced to problems within adaptive thermogenesis changes which can be adjusted for with …
Spicy foods provide a kick to taste, but they may do more than that as researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health have found eating spicy foods can help you to live longer, as well as decrease risks of dying from cancer, heart disease, and respiratory problems. Health …
Capsaicin and capsaicinoids, compounds found abundantly in hot peppers, beneficially affect cholesterol levels and aortic function. Previously, a number of studies have identified a role for capsaicin, a compound found in hot chili peppers, in lowering blood pressure. Zhen-Yu Chen, from Chinese University of Hong Kong, and colleagues further explored capsaicin and a related compound, …
Capsaicin (found in hot peppers) and capsiates (present in sweet peppers) exert modest weight management benefits. A meta-analysis by Perdue University (Indiana, USA) reports that certain compounds in hot peppers, as well as sweet peppers, help to promote energy expenditure suppress appetite. Richard D. Mattes and colleagues have identified that capsaicin (found in hot peppers) …
Capsaicin, the compound present in chili peppers that lends the characteristic hot sensation, helps to ease nasal congestion, sinus pain, sinus pressure. Capsaicin, the compound present in chili peppers that lends the characteristic hot sensation, is approved for use as a topical pain reliever. Jonathan Bernstein, from the University of Cincinnati (Ohio, USA), and colleagues …