[Philistone]

Looks like all those jalepeno eating contests I had as a kid growing up in Tucson is gonna work out all right!

Think I'm gonna go get some jalepeno queso right now in fact!

[Paloma_55]

Well lessseeeee....

I have habanero jelly on my toast in the morning, and jalepenos in my sandwich at lunch.

And then the thai peppers used to marinate my dinner.

I like this report. :)

[FastCoyote]

Actually, this applies to me. I also read they treated diabetes in rats with capsaicin, though the process was a little different.

[Sax]

Fire it up! I grew jalapenos right next to habaneros - didn't realize the cross pollination actually makes XXtra hot jalapenos 'til after the fact. It sure did. I've always heard that capsaicin kills the bad bacteria that can inhabit raw oysters too.

I've also wonder if after a hot pepper binge, If I've killed off my good digestive bacteria. Usually try to eat some live culture yogurt within the next few days.

[GoldCountryRedneck]

A bowl 'o red for good health!!

[Uncle Miltie]

I'm going to shamelessly appropriate (steal) someone's line from yesterday's story, because it was so darned funny:

"I'm healthy, but my ass hurts...."

[WL-law]

I believe that the anti-cancer ingredient is cumin (found in both Mexican and Indian foods), not hot peppers.

[Young Werther]

The Spanish transplanted the Jalepeno Peppers from Central America to China in the 16th centruy, (Dallas Morning News Food section several years back). The Chinese herbologists cultivated and produced many new strains so that today the widest variety of peppers are found in China and not Central America!

You can add pepper filled Chinese food to your diet and vary your diet between TexMex, MexMex, and Chinese Pepper!

Bon Appetite'!

[decimon]

Now I go to the doctor to be pepper-sprayed?