[texgal]

Wow, hope it is true. My sister had to have the lower part of her leg amputated last year due to diabetes. I wonder if consuming foods high in capsacin could have similar effect?

[Oberon]

I wonder if consuming foods high in capsacin could have similar effect?

I don't know, but a preventive dose couldn't do any harm. I'd best go find some right away! =]

[muawiyah]

Reported earlier (look up Diabetes on the Free Republic search function and you'll find it) the ingestion of Mexican hot peppers (which have lots and lots of capsaicin) reduced insulin spikes 30%.

That's part of the "control side" of all of this ~ to reduce the spikes.

Now, does simply eating it kick your pancreas back into service?

Other than numbing your butt, I'm not sure there's a toxic limit on eating them so maybe I'll tray half a bushel in the next day or two to find out.