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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:08 pm Post subject: Chili's Heat Kills Prostate Cancer Cells |
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Might want to be more liberal with your chili paste usage.
Chili Heat Kills Prostate Cancer Cells
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Initial experiments in cancer cells and mice show that capsaicin causes prostate cancer cells to undergo a kind of suicide. Researchers speculate that, in the future, pills containing capsaicin might be used as therapy to prevent prostate cancer's return.
According to their report, capsaicin caused almost 80 percent of prostate cancer cells in the mice to die. In addition, prostate cancer tumors treated with capsaicin were about one-fifth the size of tumors in untreated mice. |
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Capsaicin probably has several effects, Koeffler said. Most noticeable is its effect in blocking NF-kappa Beta, a molecular mechanism that promotes cancer cell growth, he noted.
In addition, capsaicin also was effective against leukemia, and might be effective in slowing or preventing the growth of other cancers as well, he added. |
Well hmmm.. I ate a boatload of chili peppers while in Korea and still ended up getting cancer (albeit not prostate). Then again, had I not ate all those peppers, perhaps the cancer would have had a bigger impact on moi than it did.
Regardless, I'm sure Koreans will hype this up and say it is further proof that Korean food is ultra healthy. |
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Bulsajo
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shortskirt_longjacket
Joined: 06 Jun 2004
Location: fitz and ernie are my raison d'etre
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:40 am Post subject: Re: Chili's Heat Kills Prostate Cancer Cells |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
I ate a boatload of chili peppers while in Korea and still ended up getting cancer |
OMG, how terrible. What kind, if I can ask...? |
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Bulsajo
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:41 am Post subject: |
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 Missed that part of BB's post. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:11 pm Post subject: Re: Chili's Heat Kills Prostate Cancer Cells |
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| shortskirt_longjacket wrote: |
| bucheon bum wrote: |
I ate a boatload of chili peppers while in Korea and still ended up getting cancer |
OMG, how terrible. What kind, if I can ask...? |
Lymphoma. Been nearly 10 months since last chemo session. 14 months to go before i'm "in the clear." |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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| There's this dumb show on TV here called �̽��Ͽ��� that, in its current incarnation, has an entire 15 minute segment devoted to the superior qualities of some food. Apparently, you can eat just about anything that isn't land meat or bread and fight something. |
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Dan The Chainsawman
Joined: 05 May 2005
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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I was going to say something really crass about peppers and cancer, but I find myself unable to make light of BB's predictament.
I do hope you make remission and stay healthy, all the best. |
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ulsanchris
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: take a wild guess
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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| I thought that korea's love of spicy food caused the high rate of stomach cancer in korea. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| No, think that's due to the fermented veggies in kimchi, not the chilis. |
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tzechuk
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Didn't know you were so ill, BB... hope you are feeling alright now? |
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bucheon bum
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| Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:54 am Post subject: |
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| I feel fine. Like I said, it's been nearly 10 months since my last chemo. And as long as I continue feeling this way for 14 months, I can then breath a big sigh of relief. Pretty confident that I'll be ok. |
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