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How spicy foods can kill cancer..
January 9, 2007 - 03:09 PM
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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 research raises the possibility that other cancer drugs could be developed to target mitochondria.
The Nottingham University (UK) study features in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.
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Re: How spicy foods can kill cancer..
January 10, 2007 - 01:03 PM
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Is this study coherent with observations (if any) obtained from populations of India and/or Mexico?
Any robust studies matching the lab data with the real life?
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Re: How spicy foods can kill cancer..
January 10, 2007 - 10:01 PM
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Do you have the actual link to this study? This is a very interesting study and am curious about all the studies done within it. How long ago was this information found out?
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Re: How spicy foods can kill cancer..
January 12, 2007 - 10:11 AM
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smiley7130 wrote:
Do you have the actual link to this study? This is a very interesting study and am curious about all the studies done within it. How long ago was this information found out?
Unfortunately, I don't have the link for this study..It was an article I recently I read on sky news..However..I will try and find out more information for you ..
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Re: How spicy foods can kill cancer..
January 14, 2007 - 01:11 AM
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I love spicy food. If the study is true, then the more I will love eating spicy food. Hehehe.
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Re: How spicy foods can kill cancer..
January 14, 2007 - 06:51 AM
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Katea wrote:
I love spicy food. * If the study is true, then the more I will love eating spicy food. Hehehe.
You and me both..
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Re: How spicy foods can kill cancer..
May 19, 2007 - 03:40 PM
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he is taking about an already present cancer but wat i know is that in far east GIT cansers are more common because of abuse of spices so non cancer people remember that middle is always better plz remember that
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Re: How spicy foods can kill cancer..
May 20, 2007 - 10:05 PM
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Pepper component hot enough to trigger suicide in prostate cancer cells
Capsaicin, the stuff that turns up the heat in jalapeños, not only causes the tongue to burn, it also drives prostate cancer cells to kill themselves, according to studies published in the March 15 issue of Cancer Research.
According to a team of researchers from the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in collaboration with colleagues from UCLA, the pepper component caused human prostate cancer cells to undergo programmed cell death or apoptosis.
Capsaicin induced approximately 80 percent of prostate cancer cells growing in mice to follow the molecular pathways leading to apoptosis. Prostate cancer tumors treated with capsaicin were about one-fifth the size of tumors in non-treated mice.
"Capsaicin had a profound anti-proliferative effect on human prostate cancer cells in culture," said Sören Lehmann, M.D., Ph.D., visiting scientist at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the UCLA School of Medicine. "It also dramatically slowed the development of prostate tumors formed by those human cell lines grown in mouse models."
Lehmann estimated that the dose of pepper extract fed orally to the mice was equivalent to giving 400 milligrams of capsaicin three times a week to a 200 pound man, roughly equivalent to between three and eight fresh habañera peppers – depending on the pepper's capsaicin content. Habañeras are the highest rated pepper for capsaicin content according to the Scoville heat index. Habañero peppers, which are native to the Yucatan, typically contain up to 300,000 Scoville units. The more popular Jalapeño variety from Oaxaca, Mexico, and the southwest United States, contains 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units.
As described in their study, the scientists observed that capsaicin inhibited the activity of NF-kappa Beta, a molecular mechanism that participates in the pathways leading to apoptosis in many cell types.
Apoptosis is a normal cellular event in many tissues that maintains a balance between newer replacement cells and aged or worn cells. In contrast, cancer cells seek to be immortal and often dodge apoptosis by mutating or deregulating the genes that participate in programmed cell death.
"When we noticed that capsaicin affected NF-kappa Beta, that was an indication that we might expect some of the apoptotic proteins to be affected," said the study's senior author, Phillip Koeffler, M.D., director of Hematology and Oncology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and professor at UCLA.
Article continues at website.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/aafc-pch031306.php
Is this what you were thinking of, OP?
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Re: How spicy foods can kill cancer..
July 19, 2007 - 05:13 PM
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if spicy food can kill cancer cells , i think more people should start eating spicy foods to stay healthier...i for one absolutly love spicy food and i will eat more of it if it keeps me away from cancer
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