Introduction The natural and popular spice you and I know has been reported to have the likelihood of preventing cancer. Who would have believed it, but it is the truth. This is as a result of a phytochemical in chili pepper known as capsaicin. According to researchers at Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University in West Virginia, the pungency of this chemical possesses it to perform such a preventive function. When most of us reach for chili pepper, we are thinking about the flavor, the heat, the kick it gives a good meal. Very few of us stop to think that the same compound responsible for that burning sensation on your tongue might one day form the basis of anti-cancer treatments. Yet that is exactly where the science is pointing. This article covers what the research says, what it does not say yet, and everything else worth knowing about one of the most fascinating and underappreciated compounds hiding in your kitchen right now. Table of Contents What Is Capsai...
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