Read more chili peppers stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/15991/chili-peppers.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:20:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69971/chili-peppers-could-help-heart-attack-victims.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCapsaicin, the chemical that makes chili peppers so spicy, could turn out to be the newest—and oddest—heart drug, the Wall Street Journal reports. Scientists applied the chemical to the abdominal skin of mice then induced heart attacks; their hearts suffered 85% less cell damage than the mice treated...http://www.newser.com/story/69971/chili-peppers-could-help-heart-attack-victims.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 9:22:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38692/uk-cook-eats-own-hot-sauce-dies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA budding British cook died last week after eating his own spicy tomato sauce, the London Times reports. Andrew Lee, 33, challenged his girlfriend’s brother to a contest, arriving with a jar of the sauce, made with chilies his father had grown. After eating it, he felt itchy and discomfited,...http://www.newser.com/story/38692/uk-cook-eats-own-hot-sauce-dies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Sep 2008 14:37:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32715/tomatoes-ok-fda-says.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US government has declared it's OK to eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that the outbreak, while not over, may finally be slowing. Officials reiterated earlier warnings that the people most at risk of salmonella should avoid hot peppers, particularly jalapenos and serranos. The Food and...http://www.newser.com/story/32715/tomatoes-ok-fda-says.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Jul 2008 15:20:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31693/fda-salmonella-probe-switches-to-jalapenos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJalapeno peppers have pushed tomatoes off the top of the FDA's suspect list in the recent salmonella outbreak, reports the Wall Street Journal . Investigators believe salsa may be the culprit in the rash of illnesses, and after a drop in tomato consumption failed to halt a rise in cases, they...http://www.newser.com/story/31693/fda-salmonella-probe-switches-to-jalapenos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 05 Jul 2008 5:37:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/10553/hot-sauce-could-be-the-new-morphine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDoctors think they have a hot lead on an alternative to opioid pain killers like morphine: chili peppers. California-based researchers are dripping what is essentially a sterile version of hot sauce—containing capsaicin, the chemical that gives peppers their bite—directly into open wounds during surgery. Just like biting into...http://www.newser.com/story/10553/hot-sauce-could-be-the-new-morphine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Oct 2007 11:09:11 CDT