Hot Peppers and Curry can Eliminate Prostate Cancer

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Hot Peppers and Curry can Eliminate Prostate Cancer

"I am a survivor of prostate cancer," the Honorable
Minister Louis Farrakhan said at Mosque Maryam during
a May 10 press conference to announce the Louis
Farrakhan Prostate Cancer Foundation.

"I realized that this disease was killing Black men at
terrific rates, and that as men, we are difficult in
terms of allowing ourselves to be tested. But, my dear
brothers, let me encourage you. In fact, I’m going to
spend the rest of my days encouraging men, in general,
and Black men in particular, don’t wait," the Minister
continued.
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http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publ...icle_781.shtml


The Washington Times
www.washingtontimes.com

Scorched mouth, but healthy prostate
By Jennifer Harper

THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published March 16, 2006

Gentlemen, eat your chili peppers. Habanero, jalapeno,
Scotch bonnet -- those hot but tasty varieties of the
capsicum frutescens have multiple health benefits --
including the ability to drive prostate cancer cells
to kill themselves, researchers announced yesterday.

According to a team from the University of
California at Los Angeles and Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, the hot stuff in peppers -- capsaicin --
caused 80 percent of active prostate cancer cells
growing in mice to "follow the molecular pathways
leading to apoptosis," or cell death.

The cancer cells literally committed suicide.
What's more, the cancer tumors of the mice treated
with a hot pepper extract were one-fifth the size of
untreated mice.

"Capsaicin had a profound anti-proliferative
effect on human prostate cancer cells in culture,"
said Dr. Soren Lehmann. "It also dramatically slowed
the development of prostate tumors formed by those
human cell lines grown in mouse models."
What does this mean in the kitchen? Tex-Mex or
curry fans are in luck: the hotter the pepper, the
more the benefit. According to Dr. Lehmann, the mice
were fed a dose of pepper extract equivalent to what a
normal man might consume -- 400 milligrams of extract
three times a week. That amount translates to three to
eight fresh habanero peppers.

Medically speaking, capsaicin inhibited the action
of NF-kappa Beta, a substance found in cells that
causes them to grow out of control. Capsaicin also
regulates certain proteins that effect the growth of
the cells.

"Increased concentrations of capsaicin caused more
prostate cancer cells to freeze in a non-proliferative
state," according to the study.

American men develop prostate cancer more than any
other type of malignancy -- 232,000 new cases are
diagnosed in the United States annually; 30,000 men
die of prostate cancer in the United States each year.

Hot peppers have received accolades from
researchers in recent years for their antioxidant, or
cancer-fighting, effects. Anti-inflammatory properties
in peppers have been tapped for treatment of
migraines, arthritis and muscle pain. Hot peppers also
have been found to suppress appetites and clear a
stuffy head; they can aggravate existing heartburn but
not cause it.

They are a good source of vitamins A, C and E,
folic acid and potassium. Peppers are low in calories
and sodium and contain no carbohydrates. Their taste
has spawned numerous appreciation societies around the
world, not to mention global competitions to determine
the hottest variety on the planet.

Still, the chili pepper came under fire in a 2002
Yale University report that established a link between
the hot pods and stomach cancer in Mexican workers who
ate from 9 to 25 jalapenos a day. The claim has been
disputed by other researchers who found that rates of
stomach cancer declined in the United States -- though
consumption of salsa, chili and other hot foods
actually had increased.

Copyright © 2006 News World Communications, Inc. All
rights reserved.

[BlakWolf]

great and healthy information Goddess..

guess its time for me to go out and get some jalapenos

to my health of course