Cayenne

Cayenne pepper is an incredibly therapeutic substance for cardiovascular health and other benefits. The active ingredient which gives cayenne its kick is Capsaicin. The supermarket variety can be used, but it has a few drawbacks: 1. It's too weak and 2. It's irradiated. The Cayenne found in health food stores is standardized at much higher heat ratings and the pepper is not irradiated. Irradiation scrambles the DNA of the plant and results in unnatural reactions in the body. All spices sold in supermarkets are now irradiated. I would avoid eating these foods. Go to a health store and look at some bottles of Cayenne. You will see that they are rated in Scoville Thermal Units (STU's) My bottle is rated at 40,000 STU's. You can find higher ratings at 90,000, 130,00 and possibly higher. Higher the number, hotter the pepper (more capsaicin).

You need to start slow and low with cayenne. It takes time for the body to acclimate to cayenne. You can start by sprinkling one quarter of one capsule on your food and gradually build up to a full capsule after 1 or 2 months. If you take a half capsule before eating anything in the morning and immediately eat a bowl of oatmeal, you will not notice much. Gradually work up to 2 capsules in the AM . If you notice a slight burning from the anal area, it will pass after a few days. If you get a lot of burning, you are trying to take too much cayenne too soon. Another way to acclimate yourself to cayenne is to try eating a little Korean Kimchi everyday.

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In South East Asia (Tropic), this hot pepper or cayenne is eaten almost every day in every single meal, lunch or dinner. Most of our dishes are cooked and mixed with this cayenne, and some people just eat them fresh (super hot). I remember my grandmother used to forced feed the chickens with this cayenne, I am not sure why or for what purpose. My understanding at that time was, we eat cayenne just to lower our body temperature, by sweating after eating this hot food mixed with cayenne. The poor do not have air conditioning appliances.

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