Got an email saying that eating spicy food can help to prevent cancer. How?
"Scientists have discovered the key to the ability of spicy foods to kill cancer cells.
They found capsaicin, an ingredient of jalapeno peppers, triggers cancer cell death by attacking mitochondria - the cells' energy-generating boiler rooms.
The study showed that the family of molecules to which capsaicin belongs, the vanilloids, bind to proteins in the cancer cell mitochondria to trigger apoptosis, or cell death, without harming surrounding healthy cells.
Capsaicin was tested on cultures of human lung cancer cells and on pancreatic cancers.
Lead researcher Dr Timothy Bates said: "As these compounds attack the very heart of the tumour cells, we believe that we have in effect discovered a fundamental 'Achilles heel' for all cancers."
I for one, loves spicy food. Sambal is my favorite dish. When mother was around the house, she will always cook sambal. Now, seldom eat because mother is staying in another place. Also because wifey seldoms cook sambal for me.
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That would be a major breakthrough!
i tagged you :)
check out http://sweetpeamy.blogspot.com/2007/03/whats-in-my-bag.html
i blogrolled u, can i get a link? :) thanks!
kahealani --> yalo... I think that's why older people in Asia (those who likes spicy food)seldom kena cancer. But when the west introduce the fast food, the cases of cancer and other illnesses shoot up.
sweetpea --> tq for the tag but I don't carry bag lah. Wallet got lah.
Ok, alreadi linked you.
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