Eating chili peppers may raise the risk of one deadly cancer
A new review in Frontiers in Nutrition suggests a potential link between high consumption of chili peppers and an increased risk of certain gastrointestinal cancers. However, researchers caution that the evidence is not definitive and conflicts with other studies showing potential anti-inflammatory benefits of capsaicin.
Could eating lots of chili peppers affect your cancer risk? Scientists have been debating that question for years, and the answer remains far from simple. While chili peppers contain compounds that have shown anti inflammatory and even anticancer effects in laboratory experiments, some human studies have linked very high consumption to a greater risk of certain cancers of the digestive tract.
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