Capsaicin -- the compound that gives hot, spicy food its heat -- has long been known to have therpeutic uses. It is useful for treating headaches, nausea, shingles, arthritis and sinus infection, among other ailments. Now there's a new reason to go heavy on the hot sauce.
In a study carried out by scientists from UCLA and Keio University, Tokyo, capsaicin killed prostate cancer cells in vitro, an encouraging result that may pave the way to clinical trials of capsaicin in prostate cancer treatment.
Read more about this study in Men's Health.
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