News tagged with chilies
Chili peppers come with blood pressure benefits
For those with high blood pressure, chili peppers might be just what the doctor ordered, according to a study reported in the August issue of Cell Metabolism. While the active ingredient that gives the peppers their heat - ...
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Aug 03, 2010 |
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Research shows how the body senses a range of hot temperatures
The winter sun feels welcome, but not so a summer sunburn. Research over the past 20 years has shown that proteins on the surface of nerve cells enable the body to sense several different temperatures. Now scientists have ...
Mar 02, 2012 |
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To turn up the heat in chilies, just add water
Biologists have learned in recent years that wild chilies develop their trademark pungency, or heat, as a defense against a fungus that could destroy their seeds. But that doesn't explain why some chilies ...
Dec 20, 2011 |
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New evidence that chili pepper ingredient fights fat
Scientists are reporting new evidence that capsaicin, the stuff that gives chili peppers their kick, may cause weight loss and fight fat buildup by triggering certain beneficial protein changes in the body. ...
Jun 02, 2010 |
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Chili peppers help to unravel the mechanism of pain
Capsaicin, the active ingredient in chili peppers, is most often experienced as an irritant, but it may also be used to reduce pain. A new work published by Drs. Feng Qin and Jing Yao in this week's PLoS Bi ...
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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Russian-born billionaire buys Warner Music
Russian-American billionaire Len Blavatnik's Access Industries won a bidding war on Friday for Warner Music Group, buying the storied music company for $3.3 billion in an all-cash transaction.
May 06, 2011 |
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Warner music videos returning to YouTube
YouTube on Tuesday announced a deal to bring Warner Music Group songs back to the world's most popular online video sharing service.
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Could the Hot Stuff in Chili Peppers Ease Your Tingling Nerve Pain?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Millions of people suffer peripheral pain and other troubling sensations accompanying diseases as varied as diabetes, AIDS, shingles and arthritis. Cancer patients also often suffer these so-called peripheral ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Latin American effort to rejuvenate crop collections rooted in the origins of agriculture
Crop specialists in Central America announced today that a major rescue effort is underway in one of the heartlands of ancient agriculture to regenerate thousands of unique varieties of coffee, tomatoes, chili peppers, beans ...
Apr 07, 2011 |
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