cayenne pepper?

[wriser]

has anyone take this?

they told me take it to help open up my food tube.

[Sequoia]

Who was it that told you to take cayenne? And what did they mean by "opening up [your] food tube?

[wriser]

FAM DOC I SAW YESTERDAY.

AND EXPAND I GUESS. HELP FOOD GO THRU

[Sequoia]

Cayenne does stimulate digestion, not so much by opening up the digestive tract but by encouraging peristalsis (the movement of food down the tract).

Here's some information for you to check out:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/12...per-digestion/

I don't use it myself for digestive problems, but hopefully someone will come along who does and can tell you how it works for them.

[justacowgirl]

I would be somewhat suspect of any doc who told me cayenne "opened up my food tube......." WTH?

I guess "food tube" is the best this guy could come up with?

[Sir-Voor]

Cayenne does stimulate digestion, not so much by opening up the digestive tract but by encouraging peristalsis (the movement of food down the tract).

Here's some information for you to check out:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/12...per-digestion/

I don't use it myself for digestive problems, but hopefully someone will come along who does and can tell you how it works for them.

Great info! Thanks

In addition to helping digestion it is also strongly anti-inflammatory.
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...nd-herbs/201/2
Although when I use it I generally only use a dash of cayenne, and that is not enough to make a big difference.

Here is an interesting read on cayenne, as a spice.
http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penze...yscayenne.html

[knuckle]

I take two Cayenne Pepper caps twice a day - two at lunch and two at dinner. I take it for heart health and blood circulation. Cayenne Pepper lowers bad cholesterol levels.

Google: cayenne pepper benefits

In researching Cayenne, the most interesting thing I read was that Cayenne Pepper disolved in hot water will stop a heart attack.

It's very cheap, and like Tumeric, is a spice used in countries where they have very low incidences of autoimmune disease, like MS.

In my opinion, anyone with MS should take Curcumin, the active ingredient in Tumeric, as it has been shown in research to halt and reverse MS in the mouse model. MS is extremely rare in Southeast Asia where people eat lots of Tumeric.

Curcumin has recently been shown to slow breast cancer growth, prevent colon cancer and kill melanoma cells on contact.

Google: curcumin multiple sclerosis

[hparks]

I would be somewhat suspect of any doc who told me cayenne "opened up my food tube......." WTH?

I guess "food tube" is the best this guy could come up with?

LOL, justacowgirl!!!!

I've only taken cayenne pepper once. It was to the face and by my daughters, who I was trying to teach how to use it, whoops.

[nutritiontara]

has anyone take this?

they told me take it to help open up my food tube.

Is that like "open (or shut) your pie hole"?