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Texas Pete

Chris Calohan

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Perhaps a cure for Covid...?

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Jerome Marot

Well-known member
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!

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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/
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
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/
Jérôme,

Amazing reference! I am so grateful as this degree of scholarship was unknown when I was an active researcher!

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I am thrilled to be able to explore this amazing “transient receptor potential” vanilloid 1 (TRPV1)

Fabulous new universe of biochemical art forms!

Asher
 
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