Recently, a hot search for "capsaicin can inhibit the growth of Helicobacter pylori" has caused controversy.
According to media reports, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom have found that capsaicin can inhibit the growth of Helicobacter pylori, and regular consumption of peppers can prevent the production of a variety of stomach cancers.
The researchers found that capsaicin was able to inhibit the release of the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-8 (IL-8) by signals from the nuclear factor kaba (NF-kappaB).
After 1 hour after infection, the addition of capsaicin was able to inhibit the activation of Helicobacter pylori-induced inflammation of gastric epithelial cells, so researchers believe capsaicin is a potential anti-inflammatory drug.
Is it true that if you want to be good to your stomach in the future, you must eat more spicy?
In fact, spicy is a pain sensation, and a correlation between eating spicy and gastrointestinal cancer risk studies has not yet been found. As for the research in the hot search, it is actually not too rigorous.
The study itself has not taken large-scale clinical sample data, has not been double-blind tested for the time being, and has not introduced too much about the effects of capsaicin intake on the stomach.
At present, from the existing literature, there is still a controversy about the quality of capsaicin on the stomach, whether it is better or worse for the gastric mucosa, the current evidence is insufficient, so there is no need to deliberately eat spicy for the so-called "good for the stomach".
Rather than spicy, Helicobacter pylori deserves our attention
Hp is short for Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that causes inflammation of the gastric mucosa and is also a Class 1 carcinogenic factor for gastric cancer. According to the data, 3 out of every 5 people have been infected with Helicobacter pylori.
Infection with Helicobacter pylori means stomach cancer?
After a normal person is infected with Helicobacter pylori, these Helicobacter pylori will attach to the gastric mucosa, parasitize in the stomach, and slowly cause damage to the stomach.
Patients will have symptoms such as acid reflux, bad breath, stomach pain, bloating, nausea, vomiting, etc., as long as they go to the hospital in time to treat them through triple therapy or quadruple therapy, they have the opportunity to remove the virus.
Although the entire treatment cycle is relatively long, as long as the patient actively cooperates with the doctor's treatment, while paying attention to diet and life, regularly go to the hospital to review the condition can make the condition cured, not once infected with Helicobacter pylori will cause stomach cancer.
Clinically, only about 1% of patients develop from infection with Helicobacter pylori to stomach cancer.
Most of these patients are aggravated by not actively receiving treatment after the disease, improving eating and living habits.
How can I prevent infection with Helicobacter pylori?
The transmission mode of Helicobacter pylori mainly includes three aspects: fecal-oral route, oral-oral route and appetite route.
If you want to prevent infection, you should pay attention to your own hygiene, such as washing your hands before eating and after going to the toilet, and do not take a mouth-to-mouth feeding method to your child, and do not share tableware, water cups, etc.
In addition, pay attention to avoid drinking raw water, all kinds of meat should be cooked thoroughly before eating, picking outside, buying vegetables and fruits should also be rinsed repeatedly, when eating outside, try to choose to use chopsticks.
Especially for families with children, try not to mix tableware, after each meal of tableware is used, it is best to drain the dishes and disinfect them, thereby reducing the probability of helicobacter pylori.
If you want to prevent stomach cancer, you should not only pay attention to diet and your own hygiene, but also pay attention to developing good eating habits, do not overeat frequently, eat greasy, spicy, and irritating food, and try to avoid smoking and drinking.
Especially people suffering from gastritis, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer and other diseases should be paid more attention to, once they find themselves infected with Helicobacter pylori, they must seek medical treatment in time, otherwise they will increase the risk of stomach cancer.
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