It's good to eat spicy, but chili peppers can't suppress Helicobacter pylori

Spicy, is the seasoning of the devil. In the eyes of some people, spicy can make people happy and fluttering, no spicy, no food, no spicy and no joy; in the eyes of others, spicy is avoided.

Most doctors are probably on the side of the hate party, otherwise they would not have told their patients that "you should avoid spicy this disease." Even if you eat spicy people, there are many people who think that eating spicy is not a good habit, feel that they are dancing on the tip of the knife, drinking and quenching thirst and eating spicy in exchange for happiness.

Things may have turned around today? A hot search microblog makes the hot party feel like the New Year.

Image source: Weibo

The tweet says that eating spicy can reduce the risk of cancer in the digestive tract and also inhibit Helicobacter pylori. Helicobacter pylori we are familiar with ah, that is an important cause of gastric cancer, inhibition of Helicobacter pylori is roughly equivalent to inhibition of gastric cancer. Eating spicy so strong, it must be the New Year ah.

Don't worry, eating spicy may not be so good, these two benefits are not as simple as you think.

Inhibiting Helicobacter pylori does not mean reducing stomach cancer

First of all, I admit that I did not find the new research at the University of Toronto mentioned in Weibo, and I searched the literature and did not see anything new.

It may be that I missed ha. Less important because there are many studies that have looked at the effects of capsaicin (chili peppers to your main ingredient) on Helicobacter pylori. In fact, not only capsaicin, allicin and many other stimulating ingredients in foods have been studied by researchers, whether it can affect Helicobacter pylori.

The results are really varied, some say that it can inhibit Helicobacter pylori, and some say that it promotes the inflammation of the mucous membrane of Helicobacter pylori. You can believe that you can find research evidence on either side. But I suggest, don't look at them, it's not interesting.

Let's not talk about whether these experimental designs are scientific or not, and whether they are catty. Ignoring these is not enough to influence us to eat spicy. All existing similar food ingredients affecting Helicobacter pylori have two huge flaws.

The first is that early studies were mainly based on in vitro cell-level studies, and they can conclude that they affect Helicobacter pylori under certain conditions. But in reality it cannot be achieved. To give an inappropriate example, this is like saying that a study that humans drink 1 ton of water at once will cause death, which does not mean that drinking water is dangerous. The difference between the amount and the specific environment is too large.

The second is that recent trials are not purely in vitro, but due to the short time, the general end point of the study is to observe the inflammation and changes in Helicobacter pylori. The problem is that we now only know that long-term infection of Helicobacter pylori increases the risk of gastric cancer, but the specific short-term impact on Helicobacter pylori or related gastritis can not be equated with the future of stomach cancer, even if the impact can be what, I do not know whether it can ultimately reduce stomach cancer.

For example, if we say that income increases, you can't see that your boss gives you more money, if you get twice your salary, but when you go out and look, all the consumer goods have become twice the price, that is not an increase in income. Only by ensuring that the price is not high when there is more money, then there is really money. At most, the current trial has just seen the payroll and has not yet verified the purchasing power.

So, there aren't any ingredients other than drugs, including capsaicin, that can really affect eventual stomach health by eating more in life. If you really have Helicobacter pylori, you still have to honestly take medicine to treat it!

Eating spicy food has limited significance in reducing gastrointestinal risk

Studies on the risk of spicy and digestive tract cancer do exist, published in international epidemiology in 2021, with more than 500,000 Chinese, with an average observation period of 10 years. The final results showed that there was a negative correlation between eating spicy and esophageal cancer, that is, people who ate more spicy had less esophageal cancer. However, the more common stomach cancer and colorectal cancer have not been observed to be associated with spicy eating.

Note that there are many distractions in such epidemiological investigations, just to give you a clue. It is not good to remove those affecting interference, to analyze it alone. For example, do people who eat spicy eat less salt?

Is it not the difference between eating spicy areas and other groundwater etc. affecting tumors etc... In short, pepper is related to esophageal cancer, but it is uncertain whether it is only accompanied by a peer or a causal relationship. It can only be said that it is possible, perhaps, to be further analyzed. But today can not simply say that eating spicy itself makes you less likely to have esophageal cancer.

Don't be sad about spicy parties, and the disadvantages of eating spicy don't exist

You see, the benefits of eating spicy are not quite established today... It's a little bit frustrating.

There is no need, these advanced benefits of eating spicy are indeed to be studied today, but we don't eat too much. As a vegetable or seasoning, it is good to meet the basic requirements of the diet, and it is even better to bring happiness by the way. Originally, those disadvantages did not exist.

Those who are not spicy generally do not need to listen, and it feels good to listen to themselves.

The pain caused by spicy is "virtual pain". The reason why we are spicy is because capsaicin can awaken the heat pain receptors in the body, so that the receptors send a signal to the brain that "we have been hit by heat", and people have pain. The point is, the point is, capsaicin is really a "liar", the receptors are deceived by it, there is no real heat damage, just a simulated heat pain, it is the stomach shouting "Wolf is coming", the past is also over, completely without leaving a trace. By the way, in order to soothe the pain, the brain will also give some endorphins to make you feel happy. It's just simple pain and joy.

You don't have to block out chili peppers just because they're a little spicy. Do what you can and get pleasure in the slightest pain. If you love to eat, you can eat, and if you don't love to eat, you don't eat. Everyone who eats spicy can find that balance.

Spicy is ordinary, bringing temporary pleasure to a peaceful life. Halo or denigration don't have to give it.

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