Ideal for a good night's sleep :
<![CDATA[ Ideal for a good night's sleep Improves your sleep
Good sleep means good cardiovascular health
Effects levels of insulin and glucose Ref: ABC News Item October 10th 2005 ]]>
Chili pepper prevents cancer:
<![CDATA[ Chili pepper prevents cancer World Health Organization
Capsaicin (the chili pepper substance, the fruits contain 0.1-1.5% capsaicin) lowers cancer death rates
Prevents Skin Cancer
Lowers the rate of stomach cancer
Numsen Hail Jr. and Reuben Lotan, PhD, of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston
Chili compounds may be used in skin patches or creams that could treat or prevent skin cancers.
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Cure to lot many ailments :
<![CDATA[ Cure to lot many ailments Clears your sinuses and flu
Treats your hay fever
Treats sprains, rheumatic pain in the muscles of the lower back (lumbago) or chilblains (sore or swollen skin)
Also used to prevent or cure
arteriosclerosis,
toothache,
stomach-ache,
epilepsy,
asthma,
varicose veins and
malaria. ]]>
Myth Vs Reality:
<![CDATA[ Will eating spicy, hot food now burnout my taste buds when I'm older? No rather Chili relieves everything from arthritis, to migraines, to psoriasis
Once thought to aggravate stomach ulcers, Chilis and peppers are being researched over as an anti-inflammatory agent, and aid in controlling pain. Myth Vs Reality]]>
Beneficial Fruit:
<![CDATA[ Beneficial Fruit Chilis speed up your metabolism
Chilis have more vitamin C in them than any other fruit.
Hotter the Chili the more vitamin C they contain.
The red variety of the habanero Chili from Mexico contains more than 350x the amount of vitamin C than the average orange! ]]>
Benefits of Cayenne pepper:
<![CDATA[ Benefits of Cayenne pepper Cayenne pepper (also called Capsicum frutescens) is used to cure
poor blood circulation,
weak digestion,
heart disease,
chronic pain,
sore throats,
headaches and
toothache. ]]>
The HOTTEST Chili in the world?:
<![CDATA[ The HOTTEST Chili in the world? Bhut Jolokia species being grown in Assam (India) the "hottest of all spices."
Guinness World Records, Ltd ]]>