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08/25/2018 / By Ralph Flores

From superfood to superspice: Latest health trends focus on the benefits of spices like cumin, turmeric, cayenne and cinnamon

The next best thing in food may very well be your spice rack. No longer just used for seasoning, spices are being recognized for their therapeutic value. In an article that appeared in the Daily Mail, six spices have been dubbed as the “in” food for 2018, with scientific literature to back them up: Turmeric – […]

05/25/2017 / By Bridgette Wilcox

Plant grower develops a weapons-grade chili pepper that’s so hot it could kill you

If the name “dragon’s breath chili” strikes fear in your mortal heart, that’s because it should. The pepper, developed by Welsh plant grower Mike Smith in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University, is so hot that even a bite of it could send a person into anaphylactic shock. If that’s not enough to get you sweating, here […]

04/03/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Compound in hot peppers found to halt growth of breast cancer cells

Capsaicin, an active ingredient that gives chilies and peppers their pungent taste, was shown to inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells, a study found. To assess this, German researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and their colleagues used the SUM149PT cell culture, which serves as a model for highly aggressive forms of breast cancer such as the triple-negative […]

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