Could chili peppers reduce the risk of colorectal cancer?
A study from UC-San Diego School of Medicine found that mice fed capsaicin – the active ingredient in chili peppers – had lower tumor growth in the gut and increased lifespan.
August 4, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: active, chili-peppers, diego, diego-school, medicine, mice-fed, on call diets, oncalldiets, the-active, the-gut, tumor-growth
Popular artificial sweetener not so sweet
One of the active ingredients in a popular artificial sweetener could have the potential to limit the impact of therapeutic drugs, reduce the number and balance of beneficial bacteria in the gut…
June 18, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: active, beneficial-bacteria, impact, limit-the-impact, number, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, popular-artificial, potential, reduce-the-number, the-active