[CH] Benefits of Chiles

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George Nelson wrote:

> [snip] Sometime last summer, I read the article about the action of capsaicin >at the cellular level in Nature (rather, tried to cope with the huge words and
>scientific style!).  One phrase they used struck me.  It was "...kill the
>cells..." or something like that.  This has some long-term implications if
>"killing" is what really occurs.  It is hard to believe this happens,
>because List experie [snip]

  I would have to imagine that the article refers to increasing
apoptosis (sp?), or cellular suicide, in unhealthy cells. I think I saw
something one time that capsiacin aided in that. Apoptosis is critical
for good health. Chiles help.

Blake in San Antonio

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