Re: [CH] Chile's and HBP
Shawn Long (livingforjc1996@hotmail.com)
Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:35:53 -0700
I read somewhere that capsaicin lowers triglycerides (sp?), lowers blood
pressure, and improves digestion. Not that I needed a medical reason to
enjoy hot food. I will have to try heat as an alternative to imitrex as I
suffer the same from time to time.
Shawn
>From: "Beata I. Thorstensen" <beata@unm.edu>
>Reply-To: "Beata I. Thorstensen" <beata@unm.edu>
>To: "enkantare@mindspring.com" <enkantare@mindspring.com>
>CC: chile-heads@globalgarden.com
>Subject: Re: [CH] Chile's and HBP
>Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:24:22 -0600
>
>I've never heard of anything like that.
>
>I use green chile as migraine medicine, myself. I get clinical
>migraines and have discovered that a bowl of really, really warm green
>chile stew works far, far better than imitrex.
>
>-Beata
>
>
>Quoting "enkantare@mindspring.com" <enkantare@mindspring.com>:
>
> > Hey guys...
> >
> > I thought I would ask you..
> >
> > I recently just came back from orlando.. and i made.. well.. I think
> > it
> > was chili
> > (they made me use a seasoning packet!! ACK!!).. anyway.. i was about
> > to put
> > some jalapeņo in it and they stopped me saying that my dad couldnt
> > have
> > anything hot like that because it raises his blood pressure...
> >
> > Now.. I have inherited high blood pressure as well.. but.. is this
> > true?
> >
> > Woody
> >
> >
>
>
>
>"So strange life is, why people do not go around in a continual state
>of surprise is beyond me."
>--William Maxwell
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