Stunning New Discoveries About
Cayenne Capsicum Capsaicin Pepper
 
Diabetes Help and Possible Cure

Cayenne may have the best effect for people who are overweight, or with Type II diabetes and insulin resistance.

 It can also help those whose diabetes has begun to slow their digestion and cause sluggishness in the colon. It can help with colitis or other bowel disorders, but caution should be used because it WILL get worse before it gets better, and in severe cases, may do more harm than is tolerable in the short term before the colon strengthens enough to handle it. For slowed intestines though, cayenne has a laxative effect, and it helps improve bowel health and reduce the risk of colon cancer which is increased in people with slower bowel function or chronic constipation.

In a discovery that has stunned even those behind it, scientists at a Toronto hospital say they have proof the body's nervous system helps trigger diabetes, opening the door to a potential near-cure of the disease that affects millions of Canadians.

Diabetic mice became healthy virtually overnight after researchers injected a substance to counteract the effect of malfunctioning pain neurons in the pancreas.

In Type 1 diabetes, the pancreas does not produce enough insulin to shift glucose into the cells that need it. In Type 2 diabetes, the insulin that is produced is not used effectively, something called insulin resistance ,  also resulting in poor absorption of glucose.

It turns out the nerves secrete neuropeptides that are instrumental in the proper functioning of the islets. Further study by the team, which also involved the University of Calgary and the Jackson Laboratory in Maine, found that the nerves in diabetic mice were releasing too little of the neuropeptides, resulting in a vicious cycle of stress on the islets.

So next they injected the neuropeptide, substance P, in the pancreases of diabetic mice, a demanding task given the tiny size of the rodent organs. The results were dramatic.

 The islet inflammation cleared up and the diabetes was gone. Some have remained in that state for as long as four months, with just one injection.

 They also discovered that their treatments curbed the insulin resistance that is the hallmark of Type 2 diabetes, and that insulin resistance is a major factor in Type 1 diabetes, suggesting the two illnesses are quite similar.

 The researchers are now setting out to confirm that the connection between sensory nerves and diabetes holds true in humans. If it does, they will see if their treatments have the same effects on people as they did on mice.

Nothing is for sure, but there is a great deal of promise, Dr. Salter said.

Cayenne Pepper May Help Prostate Cancer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Capsaicin, which makes peppers hot, can cause

Prostate cancer cells to kill themselves, U.S. and Japanese researchers

reported on Wednesday, February 2006.

Capsaicin led 80 percent of human prostate cancer cells growing in mice

to commit suicide in a process known as apoptosis, the researchers said.

Prostate cancer tumors in mice fed capsaicin were about one-fifth the

size of tumors in untreated mice, they reported in the journal Cancer

Research.

It is estimated that the mice ate the human equivalent of 400

milligrams of capsaicin three times a week. That is about the amount

found in three to eight fresh habanero peppers, depending on how hot the

peppers are.

The capsaicin inhibited the activity of NF-kappa beta, a molecular

mechanism that helps lead to apoptosis in many cell types.

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