Hot sauce may sting your tongue but experts say its health benefits make it worth the spice.
TIME Magazine reports David Popovich of Massey University in New Zealand studied the health effects of hot sauce and found out that the active ingredient in peppers called capsaicin could kill cancer cells.
Popovich, who studies bioactive compounds in plants, used capsaicin on top of cancer cells for his experiment. He discovered that capsaicin could reduce growth of cancer cells through a process called apoptosis --- a sort of cell "suicide" which eventually recycles them into new cells with the help of some mutations.
"That's one of the ways scientists think capsaicin and other active compounds in vegetables can prevent cancer development by stimulating
TIME Magazine reports David Popovich of Massey University in New Zealand studied the health effects of hot sauce and found out that the active ingredient in peppers called capsaicin could kill cancer cells.
Popovich, who studies bioactive compounds in plants, used capsaicin on top of cancer cells for his experiment. He discovered that capsaicin could reduce growth of cancer cells through a process called apoptosis --- a sort of cell "suicide" which eventually recycles them into new cells with the help of some mutations.
"That's one of the ways scientists think capsaicin and other active compounds in vegetables can prevent cancer development by stimulating