Food and nutrition

Do you suffer from recurring heartburn, chronic indigestion or ulcers? Medical researchers are now finding that capsaicin – the pungent compound that gives ‘heat’ to cayenne, chili and jalapeno peppers – is harmless to the digestive tract. Hot peppers do not, in fact, cause or even aggravate ulcers. In fact, capsaicin may actually have therapeutic effects. […]