🍽️ capsaicin (hot pepper)

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  1. Pain Relief: Capsaicin is commonly used topically in creams, ointments, and patches for the relief of various types of pain, including muscle pain, joint pain, neuropathic pain, and post-surgical pain. It works by desensitizing nerve receptors called TRPV1 receptors, which are involved in the transmission of pain signals. Capsaicin initially causes a burning sensation, followed by a period of decreased sensitivity to pain.

  2. Arthritis: Topical capsaicin has been shown to be effective in relieving pain associated with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and other forms of arthritis. It can help reduce joint stiffness, improve mobility, and alleviate discomfort. Regular application of capsaicin cream or patches may provide long-term pain relief for individuals with arthritis.

  3. Neuropathic Pain: Capsaicin has analgesic properties that may benefit individuals with neuropathic pain conditions such as diabetic neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia (shingles), and peripheral neuropathy. Topical capsaicin can help reduce neuropathic pain symptoms, including burning, tingling, and shooting pains, by blocking pain signals transmitted by damaged nerves.

  4. Digestive Health: Capsaicin may have gastroprotective effects and help promote digestive health. It has been shown to stimulate the production of gastric mucus, which forms a protective barrier in the stomach lining, reducing the risk of ulcers and gastritis. Capsaicin may also help increase gastric emptying and improve digestion by stimulating the release of digestive enzymes.

  5. Weight Management: Capsaicin has been studied for its potential role in weight management and metabolism regulation. It can increase thermogenesis (heat production) and energy expenditure, leading to greater calorie burning and fat oxidation. Regular consumption of capsaicin-containing foods or supplements may help promote weight loss, particularly when combined with a balanced diet and exercise.

  6. Cardiovascular Health: Some research suggests that capsaicin may have cardiovascular benefits, including lowering blood pressure and improving lipid profiles. Capsaicin may help dilate blood vessels, improve blood flow, and reduce inflammation, contributing to overall cardiovascular health and reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke.

  7. Cancer Prevention: Capsaicin has been investigated for its potential anti-cancer properties. Studies have shown that capsaicin may inhibit the growth and proliferation of cancer cells, induce apoptosis (programmed cell death), and inhibit tumor angiogenesis (formation of new blood vessels to supply tumors). However, more research is needed to fully understand the mechanisms of action and potential therapeutic applications of capsaicin in cancer prevention and treatment.

  8. Respiratory Health: Capsaicin may have bronchodilator and mucolytic properties that can benefit individuals with respiratory conditions such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and sinusitis. Capsaicin may help reduce airway inflammation, improve airflow, and promote the clearance of mucus from the respiratory tract, leading to symptom relief and improved respiratory function.

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Impacted of capsaicin (hot pepper) On Probiotics

Rank Probiotic Impact
species Akkermansia muciniphila Increases

Bacteria Impacted by capsaicin (hot pepper)

We extend modifiers to include items that changes the parent and child taxa. I.e. for a species, that would be the genus that is belongs to and the strains in the species.

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Taxonomy Rank Effect Citations Notation
Bacteroidota/Chlorobiota group clade Decreases 👪 Source Study
Terrabacteria group clade Increases 👪 Source Study
Bacteroidia class Decreases 👶 Source Study
Chitinophagia class Decreases 👶 Source Study
Cytophagia class Decreases 👶 Source Study
Flavobacteriia class Decreases 👶 Source Study
Saprospiria class Decreases 👶 Source Study
Sphingobacteriia class Decreases 👶 Source Study
Bacilli class Increases 👶 Source Study
Clostridia class Increases 👶 Source Study
Desulfuribacillia class Increases 👶 Source Study
Dethiobacteria class Increases 👶 Source Study
Erysipelotrichia class Increases 👶 Source Study
Limnochordia class Increases 👶 Source Study
Negativicutes class Increases 👶 Source Study
Thermolithobacteria class Increases 👶 Source Study
Tissierellia class Increases 👶 Source Study
Akkermansiaceae family Increases 👪 Source Study
Oscillospiraceae family Increases 👪 Source Study
Oscillospiraceae family Increases 👪 Source Study
Ruminococcaceae family Increases 📓 Source Study
Verrucomicrobiaceae family Increases 📓 Source Study
Acutalibacter genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Brevifollis genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Drancourtella genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Fucophilus genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Haloferula genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Harryflintia genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Luteolibacter genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Massilimalia genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Neobittarella genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Persicirhabdus genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Prosthecobacter genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Provencibacterium genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Roseimicrobium genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Sulfuriroseicoccus genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Verrucomicrobium genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Acetanaerobacterium genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Acetivibrio genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Agathobaculum genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Anaerofilum genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Anaeromassilibacillus genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Anaerotruncus genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Angelakisella genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Bittarella (ex Durand et al. 2017) genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Candidatus Soleaferrea genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Caproiciproducens genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Ethanoligenens genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Flavonifractor genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Fournierella genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Gemmiger genus Increases 👶 Source Study BMI, fat percent,blood pressure
Gorbachella genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Hydrogenoanaerobacterium genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Negativibacillus genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Neglectibacter genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Oscillospira genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Papillibacter genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Phocea genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Pseudoflavonifractor genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Ruminococcus genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Ruthenibacterium genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Sporobacter genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Subdoligranulum genus Increases 👶 Source Study
Akkermansia genus Increases 👪 Source Study
Akkermansia genus Increases 📓 Source Study
Faecalibacterium genus Increases 📓 Source Study
Faecalibacterium genus Increases 📓 Source Study
Bacteroidetes incertae sedis no rank Decreases 👶 Source Study
environmental samples no rank Decreases 👶 Source Study
unclassified Bacteroidota no rank Decreases 👶 Source Study
Bacillota sensu stricto incertae sedis no rank Increases 👶 Source Study
environmental samples no rank Increases 👶 Source Study
environmental samples no rank Increases 👶 Source Study
environmental samples no rank Increases 👶 Source Study
environmental samples no rank Increases 👶 Source Study
unclassified Akkermansia no rank Increases 👶 Source Study
unclassified Bacillota no rank Increases 👶 Source Study
unclassified Faecalibacterium no rank Increases 👶 Source Study
unclassified Faecalibacterium no rank Increases 👶 Source Study
Oscillospiraceae incertae sedis no rank Increases 👶 Source Study
environmental samples norank Increases 👶 Source Study
unclassified Bacteroidetes Order II. order Decreases 👶 Source Study
Eubacteriales order Increases 👪 Source Study
Verrucomicrobiales order Increases 👪 Source Study
Bacteroidota phylum Decreases 📓 Source Study Over 70%ile, prone to being fat
Bacillota phylum Increases 📓 Source Study
Pseudoflavonifractor capillosus species Increases ⚗️ Source Study
Akkermansia glycaniphila species Increases 👶 Source Study
Akkermansia muciniphila species Increases 👶 Source Study
Akkermansia sp. species Increases 👶 Source Study
Faecalibacterium duncaniae species Increases 👶 Source Study
Faecalibacterium duncaniae species Increases 👶 Source Study
Faecalibacterium hominis (ex Afrizal et al. 2022) species Increases 👶 Source Study
Faecalibacterium hominis (ex Afrizal et al. 2022) species Increases 👶 Source Study
Faecalibacterium longum species Increases 👶 Source Study
Faecalibacterium longum species Increases 👶 Source Study
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii species Increases 👶 Source Study
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii species Increases 👶 Source Study
Faecalibacterium sp. An122 species Increases 👶 Source Study
Faecalibacterium sp. OF04-11AC species Increases 👶 Source Study
Faecalibacterium sp. OM04-11BH species Increases 👶 Source Study
Faecalibacterium sp. species Increases 👶 Source Study
Faecalibacterium sp. canine oral taxon 147 species Increases 👶 Source Study
Faecalibacterium sp. DJF_VR20 species Increases 👶 Source Study
Akkermansia muciniphila species Increases 📓 Source Study
Akkermansia muciniphila ATCC BAA-835 strain Increases 👶 Source Study
Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia group superphylum Increases ⚗️ Source Study

Impact of capsaicin (hot pepper) on Conditions from US National Library of Medicine

A higher number indicates impact on more bacteria associated with the condition and confidence on the impact.

We have X bacteria high and Y low reported. We find that the modifier reduces some and increases other of these two groups. We just tally: X|reduces + Y|Increase = Positive   X|increases + Y|decrease = Negative.

Benefit Ratio:
Numbers above 0 have increasing positive effect.
Numbers below 0 have increasing negative effect.

Condition Positive Impact Negative Impact Benefit Ratio Impact
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 0.2 0.2
Acne 1.8 0.8 1.25
ADHD 2.7 0.4 5.75
Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Glaucoma 0.3 0.3
Allergic Rhinitis (Hay Fever) 0.6 -0.6
Allergies 1.8 1.4 0.29
Allergy to milk products 0.7 1.4 -1
Alopecia (Hair Loss) 0.6 -0.6
Alzheimer's disease 3.4 3.3 0.03
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Motor Neuron 1.9 2.2 -0.16
Ankylosing spondylitis 0.9 0.8 0.13
Anorexia Nervosa 1.8 1 0.8
Asthma 2.9 0.2 13.5
Atherosclerosis 1 1.5 -0.5
Atrial fibrillation 0.6 0.2 2
Autism 4.2 3.5 0.2
benign prostatic hyperplasia 0.3 0.3
Bipolar Disorder 2.9 2.5 0.16
Brain Trauma 0.8 0.2 3
Breast Cancer 0.2 0.2
Carcinoma 0.7 0.5 0.4
Celiac Disease 3.2 0.7 3.57
Cerebral Palsy 0.8 0.4 1
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 2.3 0.6 2.83
Chronic Kidney Disease 1.9 0.2 8.5
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 0.3 0.2 0.5
Chronic Urticaria (Hives) 1.2 0.7 0.71
Coagulation / Micro clot triggering bacteria 0.5 0.2 1.5
Colorectal Cancer 1.3 0.7 0.86
Constipation 0.6 0.3 1
Coronary artery disease 0.2 0.5 -1.5
COVID-19 4.1 2.4 0.71
Crohn's Disease 4.3 3.5 0.23
cystic fibrosis 0.9 0.9
deep vein thrombosis 0.5 0.5
Depression 3.8 3.8 0
Dermatomyositis 1.3 1.3
Eczema 0.7 0.8 -0.14
Endometriosis 0.4 1.6 -3
Eosinophilic Esophagitis 1.7 1.7
Epilepsy 2.3 3.2 -0.39
erectile dysfunction 0.3 0.3
Fibromyalgia 0.8 1 -0.25
Functional constipation / chronic idiopathic constipation 1.9 2.6 -0.37
gallstone disease (gsd) 0.6 0.7 -0.17
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (Gerd) including Barrett's esophagus 0.5 0.6 -0.2
Glioblastoma 0.9 0.9
Gout 1.3 0.4 2.25
Graves' disease 1.7 0.2 7.5
Halitosis 0.2 -0.2
Hashimoto's thyroiditis 0.6 0.7 -0.17
Heart Failure 0.2 -0.2
Hemorrhoidal disease, Hemorrhoids, Piles 0.2 -0.2
Hidradenitis Suppurativa 0.6 0.6
hypercholesterolemia (High Cholesterol) 1 0.2 4
hyperglycemia 1 0.9 0.11
Hyperlipidemia (High Blood Fats) 0.2 1.7 -7.5
hypersomnia 0.2 0.2 0
hypertension (High Blood Pressure 1.9 2 -0.05
Hypothyroidism 1.1 0.5 1.2
Hypoxia 0.4 -0.4
IgA nephropathy (IgAN) 0.2 0.6 -2
Inflammatory Bowel Disease 2.9 1.9 0.53
Insomnia 1.5 1.5
Intelligence 0.4 0.5 -0.25
Intracranial aneurysms 0.6 1.5 -1.5
Irritable Bowel Syndrome 2.3 1.9 0.21
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis 1.1 1.1
Liver Cirrhosis 1.5 1.5 0
Long COVID 4.3 5 -0.16
Low bone mineral density 0.5 0.5
Lung Cancer 1.5 0.2 6.5
ME/CFS with IBS 0.8 0.8
ME/CFS without IBS 0.4 -0.4
Metabolic Syndrome 4.6 4.2 0.1
Mood Disorders 4.5 5.7 -0.27
multiple chemical sensitivity [MCS] 0.2 0.4 -1
Multiple Sclerosis 2.5 3.3 -0.32
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) 0.2 0.8 -3
Neuropathy (all types) 0.7 1.9 -1.71
neuropsychiatric disorders (PANDAS, PANS) 2.3 2.3
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (nafld) Nonalcoholic 2.3 1 1.3
Obesity 5.2 3.3 0.58
obsessive-compulsive disorder 1.8 0.8 1.25
Osteoarthritis 1.9 1.9
Osteoporosis 2.5 1 1.5
pancreatic cancer 0.3 -0.3
Parkinson's Disease 2.6 3 -0.15
Polycystic ovary syndrome 1 0.4 1.5
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder 0.7 -0.7
primary biliary cholangitis 0.3 0.3
Psoriasis 0.7 3 -3.29
rheumatoid arthritis (RA),Spondyloarthritis (SpA) 1.4 2.3 -0.64
Rosacea 1.3 0.2 5.5
Schizophrenia 2.1 2.1 0
scoliosis 0.2 0.3 -0.5
Sjögren syndrome 1.6 1.4 0.14
Sleep Apnea 0.6 1.4 -1.33
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) 0.6 0.3 1
Stress / posttraumatic stress disorder 2.6 0.4 5.5
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 2.7 1.1 1.45
Tic Disorder 1.1 -1.1
Tourette syndrome 0.3 0.4 -0.33
Type 1 Diabetes 1.4 1.3 0.08
Type 2 Diabetes 3.7 4.2 -0.14
Ulcerative colitis 3.9 2.8 0.39
Unhealthy Ageing 1.3 1.3

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