Re: Go Easy on the Chili Peppers?

[Guest guest]

You should not jump to the conclusion that eating chili peppers is

equivalent to " capsaicin treatment " . The teatments aimed at reducing

chronic pain use creams with approximately 0.075% capsaicin! That is

like rubbing habanero peppers on your skin.

All things in good measure.

Tony

http://www.chez-williams.com/Hot%20Sauce/chemistry_and_scoville_units.htm

>

> I take it by your concluding " gulp! " that you are also a chili fiend.

> A sad report indeed. I had also read once that there is a correlation

> between the hot stuff and stomach cancer. I continue to eat them

> on a daily(!) basis. Kind of like soy, even in the face of mounting

> evidence, I keep eating my favorites. I think I've become so accustomed

> to the contradicting studies that I wait for the " inevitable " rebuttal.

> Alas, with some foods, I suppose it may never come, but we don't know

> which ones. Hope springs eternal.

>

> -

>

>

> --- In , " Rodney " <perspect1111@y...>

wrote:

> >

> > Hi folks:

> >

> > " RESULTS: Four weeks after capsaicin treatment, there was a loss of

> > BMD in the metaphyses of the tibia and femur. In the proximal tibia,

> > the osteoclast number and surface increased, osteoblast activity and

> > bone formation were impaired, and trabecular bone volume and

> > connectivity were diminished. There was also a loss of bone strength

> > in the distal femur. No changes occurred in body weight, 24-h grid-

> > crossing activity, weight bearing, or muscle mass after capsaicin

> > treatment, indicating that skeletal unloading did not contribute to

> > the loss of bone integrity. Capsaicin treatment destroyed 57% of the

> > unmyelinated sensory axons, reduced the substance P and CGRP content

> > in the sciatic nerve and proximal tibia, and inhibited neurogenic

> > extravasation. "

> >

> > ***GULP!***

> >

> > PMID: 15647820

> >

> > Rodney.