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Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« on: May 23, 2008, 12:50:44 PM »
I have heard claims that Jalapenos and habanero peppers reduce cancer, anyone know if this is true? I eat them all the time and love hot/spicy food.

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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2008, 12:57:52 PM »
I'm not sure it can be proven yet... but they're delicious!

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« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2008, 12:59:57 PM »
The claim is that it contains Capsaicin which supposedly in large amounts can be used to prevent cancer.

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« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2008, 02:47:37 PM »
That's great!  My dad grows Habanero peppers and he puts the peppers into his chili to spice it up! O0
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« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2008, 05:49:14 PM »
They certainly don't seem to alleviate "Type II Diabetes" in Mexicans with huge fat rear ends!   ;D

Seriously, though...there are a great many natural foods with "anti-oxidant" properties which are good for you, but there are equally as many, if not more, other sources of cancer risk...such as breathing city air, drinking chlorinated water, etc...

As most cancer specialists will tell you...in the final analysis it's your particular genetic makeup which might prevent you from developing cancer; or result in your having cancer regardless of what foods or other preventative measures you take.

Today, cancer is the #1 childhood killer!

Very few young children have lived long enough to have smoked cigarettes for 20 years, or to have breathed polluted air for 60 years, so....?

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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2008, 05:24:20 AM »
They certainly don't seem to alleviate "Type II Diabetes" in Mexicans with huge fat rear ends!   ;D
ROTFLMAO! :::D

Anyway, I have heard that hot chilis and capsaicin are good for you as well, and do believe it. The problem (for me) is that in recent years, I have found that eating hot stuff gives me severe intestinal irritation (yeah, I know, TMI) and this has forced me to cut back severely. (I have no problem eating chili products of any heat--I can tolerate it very well--it's the other end that makes me pay.  :o)

BTW, capsaicin does not actually attack or inflame any tissue whatsoever. This is medical fact. It tricks your nerves into thinking the tissue is irritated.

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« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2008, 11:55:36 AM »
They certainly don't seem to alleviate "Type II Diabetes" in Mexicans with huge fat rear ends!   ;D
ROTFLMAO! :::D

Anyway, I have heard that hot chilis and capsaicin are good for you as well, and do believe it. The problem (for me) is that in recent years, I have found that eating hot stuff gives me severe intestinal irritation (yeah, I know, TMI) and this has forced me to cut back severely. (I have no problem eating chili products of any heat--I can tolerate it very well--it's the other end that makes me pay.  :o)

BTW, capsaicin does not actually attack or inflame any tissue whatsoever. This is medical fact. It tricks your nerves into thinking the tissue is irritated.

Yep same problem here, but the consequences are well worth it ;)

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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2008, 10:07:28 AM »
I have heard this for years. I do know that cayenne pepper has a large amount of vitamin A, C, B6, K, and manganese and that peppers are very good for you.
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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2008, 02:48:57 PM »
They are the best i eat them with any type of meat or fish i eat it add an extra kick to the food O0

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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2008, 04:30:03 PM »
Don't know if the Cancer part it true but I do know that Spicy foods increace your matabilism
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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2008, 08:16:36 PM »
What is in Wasabi?
That is the only thing i dont like that is spicy

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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2008, 09:50:24 PM »
What is in Wasabi?
That is the only thing i dont like that is spicy


It is Japanese horseradish.



I like horseradish but i hate wasabi

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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2008, 01:49:02 AM »
I love peppers!

I put cayenne peper on broiled salmon for Shabbat.



Same here, though some people can't have peppers, that's too bad, thank G-d there's peppers.  O0

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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2008, 01:49:39 AM »
Horseradish/wasabe is concentrated mustard oil, I believe. It is completely unrelated to capsaicin and is in a totally different family of plants (Brassicaceae vs. Solanaceae). Horseradish is a mustard plant. Peppers are a nightshade.

One notices that although wasabe causes a huge nasal rush, it doesn't persist the way hot chili does.

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« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2008, 10:06:10 AM »
People that eat them all die young, so it just appears that they prevent cancer!   ;D


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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #15 on: June 30, 2008, 10:18:13 AM »
Anyway, I have heard that hot chilis and capsaicin are good for you as well, and do believe it. The problem (for me) is that in recent years, I have found that eating hot stuff gives me severe intestinal irritation (yeah, I know, TMI) and this has forced me to cut back severely. (I have no problem eating chili products of any heat--I can tolerate it very well--it's the other end that makes me pay.  :o)

I found that out when I ate a pile of cheese stuffed jalapenos, they were wonderful going in, not so great going out.  ;D

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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #16 on: June 30, 2008, 11:46:32 AM »
don't forget what goes in spicy comes out spicy.

too much of these spicy foods can cause ulcers or irritate the digestive lining..
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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #17 on: June 30, 2008, 11:48:44 AM »
What is in Wasabi?
That is the only thing i dont like that is spicy

Wasabi is horseradish...and completely different thing from chili peppers

It is a root or a leaf that opens your sinus airways.
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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #18 on: June 30, 2008, 11:50:05 AM »
What is in Wasabi?
That is the only thing i dont like that is spicy

Wasabi is horseradish...and completely different thing from chili peppers

It is a root or a leaf that opens your sinus airways.

I like Wasabi because if it's unbearable you can take a drink and wash it away.

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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #19 on: June 30, 2008, 11:51:14 AM »
What is in Wasabi?
That is the only thing i dont like that is spicy

Wasabi is horseradish...and completely different thing from chili peppers

It is a root or a leaf that opens your sinus airways.

I like Wasabi because if it's unbearable you can take a drink and wash it away.

I hate Wasabi
I like this hotsauce from Brasil I have

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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #20 on: June 30, 2008, 11:53:02 AM »
What is in Wasabi?
That is the only thing i dont like that is spicy

Wasabi is horseradish...and completely different thing from chili peppers

It is a root or a leaf that opens your sinus airways.

I like Wasabi because if it's unbearable you can take a drink and wash it away.

I hate Wasabi
I like this hotsauce from Brasil I have

What is the name of the hotsauce?

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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #21 on: June 30, 2008, 11:54:46 AM »
What is in Wasabi?
That is the only thing i dont like that is spicy

Wasabi is horseradish...and completely different thing from chili peppers

It is a root or a leaf that opens your sinus airways.

I like Wasabi because if it's unbearable you can take a drink and wash it away.

I hate Wasabi
I like this hotsauce from Brasil I have

What is the name of the hotsauce?

Something written in Portuguese

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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #22 on: June 30, 2008, 11:55:33 AM »
What is in Wasabi?
That is the only thing i dont like that is spicy

Wasabi is horseradish...and completely different thing from chili peppers

It is a root or a leaf that opens your sinus airways.

I like Wasabi because if it's unbearable you can take a drink and wash it away.

I hate Wasabi
I like this hotsauce from Brasil I have

What is the name of the hotsauce?

Something written in Portuguese

There is a place not that far from my house that sells it

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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #23 on: June 30, 2008, 12:03:51 PM »
What is in Wasabi?
That is the only thing i dont like that is spicy

Wasabi is horseradish...and completely different thing from chili peppers

It is a root or a leaf that opens your sinus airways.


I like Wasabi because if it's unbearable you can take a drink and wash it away.

Goes great with soy sauce and sushi...

But better yet to make a basalmic vinegar rich in wasabi...mmm mmm good.
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Re: Jalapenos/habanero peppers reduce cancer?
« Reply #24 on: June 30, 2008, 12:13:21 PM »
What is in Wasabi?
That is the only thing i dont like that is spicy

Wasabi is horseradish...and completely different thing from chili peppers

It is a root or a leaf that opens your sinus airways.


I like Wasabi because if it's unbearable you can take a drink and wash it away.

Goes great with soy sauce and sushi...

But better yet to make a basalmic vinegar rich in wasabi...mmm mmm good.

For some bizarre reason I don't feel the irritating effect of Wasabi  unless it reached a certain part in my mouth that is closest to the inner nose.