Eating hot peppers protects against cardiovascular disease - the most common causes of death in the developed world. These are the results of a study conducted by scientists from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, which they presented at a conference of the American Chemical Society, writes "BBC" ..
Nutrients contained in the products of acute (and providing their "sharpness") - and its related kapsaytsin kapsaytsinoidy. Its also used for medicinal purposes in different warming ointments for arthritis and muscle pain. Now it turns out that acute food can reduce the pressure in hypertensive patients, to normalize cholesterol levels, and prevents thrombosis.
"Our work has expanded and deepened understanding of how matter in the acute food improves the health of the heart. Now we can better understand how they act on other genes and mechanisms that regulate cholesterol and blood vessel function. This is one of the first studies of this kind," - considered as representing the work of Chen Zhen-Yu.
Kapsaytsinoidy, first, reduce cholesterol levels, contributing to its cleavage and removal, and secondly - block the work of the gene, narrowing blood vessels (and as a result of causing the deterioration of blood supply to the heart and other organs). The researchers emphasize that spicy food kills only "bad" cholesterol, which is involved in the formation of plaques on the walls of blood vessels. "Good" cholesterol is not affected.
Investigation of the effect of acute food on cholesterol levels was performed on hamsters that are considered good models for the work that can not be carried out on humans.
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