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Blood Sugar And Spice (Diabetes)
Science News ^ | 8-12-2006 | Ben Harder

Posted on 08/13/2006 11:33:42 AM PDT by blam

Week of Aug. 12, 2006; Vol. 170, No. 7 , p. 109

Blood sugar and spice

Ben Harder

Eating cayenne pepper with meals may mitigate a hormonal response that's linked to diabetes, a trial of two diets suggests.

To compare the effects on insulin of different patterns of chili pepper consumption, researchers at the University of Tasmania in Launceston, Australia, conducted a study in 36 healthy adults who didn't typically eat chili peppers. Excess insulin production can presage diabetes.

For 4 weeks of the study, each volunteer ate his or her usual bland diet, except for one chili-laden meal at the end of the period. For another 4 weeks, each person ate 30 grams per day of a condiment that was 55 percent cayenne pepper.

At three points—once during the bland diet, once during the spicy diet, and once at the transition—researchers took blood samples from the volunteers. The scientists measured concentrations of insulin and other substances in the samples.

In metabolizing their meals, the study participants produced about one-third less insulin while they were on a spicy diet than on a bland diet. A stand-alone spicy meal had an intermediate effect on insulin, Madeleine Ball and her colleagues report in the July American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Obese volunteers benefited the most, the study revealed.

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KEYWORDS: blood; diabetes; luvdatchiknfmpopeyes; spice; sugar
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1 posted on 08/13/2006 11:33:43 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam

"each person ate 30 grams per day of a condiment that was 55 percent cayenne pepper."
Woo Hoo! Where's the Porta-Potty? Hurry!


2 posted on 08/13/2006 11:35:39 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: blam

That's good, but they wind up with BBS...Burning Butt Syndrome


3 posted on 08/13/2006 11:37:24 AM PDT by Dallas59 (WHAT THE HELL ARE MUSLIMS DOING IN AMERICA???)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

LOL. That's where you holler, "Come onnnnn icecream."


4 posted on 08/13/2006 11:38:03 AM PDT by WVNan (I won't forget LadyX.)
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To: blam

Also check out the supplements curcumin and CLA.


5 posted on 08/13/2006 11:38:51 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: blam

Very interesting. It's already known that consumption of small amounts of cinnamon and turmeric every day can help control blood sugar levels in diabetics.


6 posted on 08/13/2006 11:39:22 AM PDT by Dont Mention the War (This tagline is false.)
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To: blam

I guess this bodes well for my family, as we use great quantities of chile peppers, not necessarily just cayennes, in our diets.

It may also bode very well for sales of my hot pepper jellies!!!!!


7 posted on 08/13/2006 11:40:29 AM PDT by Gabz (Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
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To: neverdem

Ping


8 posted on 08/13/2006 11:43:50 AM PDT by annie laurie (All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
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To: WVNan

30 grams is about a quarter bottle of Dave's Insanity Sauce. Sure, I can do that!


9 posted on 08/13/2006 11:44:08 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: Dont Mention the War
"Very interesting. It's already known that consumption of small amounts of cinnamon and turmeric every day can help control blood sugar levels in diabetics."

Turmeric has been shown in some studies to prevent Alzheimers too.

10 posted on 08/13/2006 11:45:48 AM PDT by blam
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To: Moonman62

Cinnamon has excellent properties that are helpful for diabetics, as well.


11 posted on 08/13/2006 11:46:39 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: blam

Am I to conclude that diabetes is unheard of in Mexico?


12 posted on 08/13/2006 11:49:24 AM PDT by csmusaret (Urban Sprawl is an oxymoron)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Thanks for reminding me........I've got 25 habanero seedlings that need transplanting :)


13 posted on 08/13/2006 11:50:07 AM PDT by Gabz (Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
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To: Gabz

Careful planting them near other, milder varieties of pepper ... this may sound strange, but I've eaten ordinary green peppers out of my garden that apparently cross pollinated with a nearby row of habañeros - surprise - hot!!!


14 posted on 08/13/2006 11:53:53 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

Been there, done that!!!!!

I learned that lesson the hard way more than 10 years ago. My hot and sweet peppers are seperated by about 150 feet. And I have my hots in rows, habaneros at one end and jalapenos at the other, and in between they are in descending order of heat.


15 posted on 08/13/2006 11:58:14 AM PDT by Gabz (Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
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To: Hegewisch Dupa

ping


16 posted on 08/13/2006 12:01:08 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Gabz

They actually were pretty tasty, used in a dish that works with the heat. But, it's a little disconcerting when you don't know it's coming, lol.


17 posted on 08/13/2006 12:01:32 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Dallas59
That's good, but they wind up with BBS...Burning Butt Syndrome..

Only if you are a whimp!

18 posted on 08/13/2006 12:04:16 PM PDT by BJungNan
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To: blam

An ounce a day, rots your bowels away!


19 posted on 08/13/2006 12:06:25 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: BJungNan

The body acclimates to the burn, somehow. When I was first introduced to habañeros, I thought I'd blistered my mouth. But, I do love hot, spicy food, and over time, I got to the point that I only experienced the good part of the hot and spicy, and not the bad.


20 posted on 08/13/2006 12:06:47 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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