Chris Calohan
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Perhaps a cure for Covid...?
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Jerome Marot
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Perhaps not. I grow chili plants (they were given to me and I find that killing plants which bear fruits brings bad karma, even if I find it somewhat difficult to eat the fruits myself). I wish I had a covid medicine factory at home!
Asher Kelman
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Beautiful peppers!
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
I always wondered about any health benefits of strong condiments!
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
We have to learn to eat the extracts!
Jerome Marot
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There is no a priori reason why spicy food would have health benefits. Chilies in particular have evolved their active principle, capsaicin, as a mean for their fruits to be eaten by birds. Birds are not sensitive to the effects of capsaicin. The original chili plants grow their fruits birds to be easier eaten by birds.
As to the reasons why capsaicin elicits a response similar to burn in our taste buds, one may find the following article interesting: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5326624/
As to the reasons why capsaicin elicits a response similar to burn in our taste buds, one may find the following article interesting: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5326624/
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Jérôme,
Amazing reference! I am so grateful as this degree of scholarship was unknown when I was an active researcher!
I am thrilled to be able to explore this amazing “transient receptor potential” vanilloid 1 (TRPV1)
Fabulous new universe of biochemical art forms!
Asher
Maggie Terlecki
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Wow, Jerome, I love this image! so gorgeous all the bright colors against the grayish wood slats!
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Maggie,
Don’t you also like the nature molecule that receives the pepper flavor essence?
Imagine: it has its own voltmeter.
It’s also beautiful!
Asher