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REAL LIFE NEWS: BURNING CHILIES CURE BURNING ULCERS

by Hazed

Once upon a time, everybody thought stomach ulcers were caused by stress and exacerbated by spicy foods - so advising somebody with an ulcer to eat lots of chilies would have sounded completely mad. But now, we know that ulcers are really caused by a bacterium called helicobacter pylori - and medical researchers have now shown that chilies can help kill the bacteria!

According to website chosun.com, doctors have discovered that the part of chilies that makes them hot - capsaicin - can help to control helicobacter pylori. And the hotter the better! They injected various concentrations of capsaicin into samples of stomach cells from patients with the bacterium and found that more capsaicin means less inflammation.

Since these findings are not based on in-human trials, the research team is not going to far as to claim that red hot chili peppers are an actual cure, but it sounds promising - and what a delicious way to take your medicine, too!

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