No wonder (most) Koreans are so healthy. There's a bunch of red chile peppers in kimchi.
George A P.S. I say "most" because since the introduction of Western Fast Food, there are many more obese Koreans running (waddling) aound than there were 20-30 years ago. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deborah Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "brinl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 12:23 PM Subject: Scouted: healthy chiles > This is a very brief article: > http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/50/40299.htm?printing=true > > "Hot chili peppers not only fire up your food, they > may also put the heat on cancer cells and force them > to self-destruct. A new study shows a natural > substance found in chili peppers kills cancer cells by > starving them of oxygen. > > Researchers tested the chili pepper substance (known > as capsaicin) along with a related compound > (resiniferatoxin) on human skin cancer cells to > analyze how the cells reacted. Both compounds are > natural substances known as vanilloids. > > They found that the majority of the skin cancer cells > exposed to the substances died. The researchers say > these substances seem to kill cells by damaging the > cell membranes and limiting the amount of oxygen that > reaches the cancer cells..." > > IIRC, there are population studies that suggest a > lower rate of stomach cancers for people who eat a lot > of chiles; also a higher pain tolerance (which would > make sense, as capsaicin is used topically to deplete > substance P, a pain neurotransmitter). > > Yee-Ha For Salsa Maru! > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
