I highly respect your opinion but on this one I have to differ. I attribute cayenne to one of the things that helped me get well. I have given it to many of the people I treat who have cancers and stomach problems and it has cured them. I know to the tongue and most assuredly to the eyes it burns, but it has never bothered my stomach and I take it daily.

We have so many well respected doctors saying it is great so why should we believe one who says it is not.

Just my opinion.

SARA

Darn, I guess Dr. John R. Christopher, Christopher Hobbs, Richard Schulze, and all the rest were wrong all this time! I stumbled across this gentlemans website earlier today...

I KNOW ALL THE FASTING MEDICAL DOCTORS OF THE PAST, CONDEMDED CAYENNE AND ALL SPICES/CONDEMENTS BECAUSE THEY STIMULATED ACIDS IN THE STOMACH. AS FAR AS HERBS GO, CAYENNE IS THE TRUE KING WITH THE QUEEN BEING LOBELIA, MASTER THOSE 2 HERBS AND YOU CAN DO ANYTHING.




http://www.fredericpatenaude.com/articles/cayenne.html




Cayenne Pepper, Spices, and "The Master Cleanse"
by Frederic Patenaude

MASTER CLEANSE....CAN SEE WHERE THIS MAY LEAD TO.


Do you like when it burns? Or why I don’t believe in cayenne pepper.
CAYENNE NEVER BURNS, THE BODY REACTS AND CREATES THE ACID THAT MAKES THE HEAT/BURN..CAYENNE OTHERWISE IS HARMLESS, KIDS GROWING UP ON IT CAN SWALLOW HABANEROS WITH NO PROBLEM, I HAVE SEEN THIS IN PERSON. THE KIDS HAVE NO FEAR, FEAR MAKES CAYENNE AND SPICES BURN.


Many of my readers think that that cayenne pepper has some “miracle properties.” They think it’s a good thing to add cayenne pepper to our meals.
OK

But my belief
A BELIEF, NOW ISN'T THAT A SLICK WORD

is that cayenne is a harmful substance and doesn’t have healing properties,
WELL WE KNOW THAT THIS PAPER IS DUMPSTER MATERIAL...HAVE A CUT/GASH, FILL IT WITH CAYENNE AND THE BLOOD STOPS IN LESS THAN 10 SECONDS AND WILL NORMALLY HEAL WITH NO SCAR IF YOU REAPPLY DAILY AND THAT IS ABOUT 1 OUT OF 1,000+ USES FOR CAYENNE IN HEALTH.

at least not enough to justify eating it. Only the body has the ability to heal itself and it certainly does not help to give it irritants, such as cayenne pepper.
THI IS HEADING IN THE DIRECTION OF BOOK I AUTHOR, MEDICAL SEEN EVERY HERB AS AN IRRITENT AND USED ZERO HERBS, WOULDN'T LOWER THEIR EDUCATION DOWN LOW ENOUGH TO USE HERBS AND THAT IS WHY WE CAN MAKE BOOK I, 10X EASIER AND 100X BETTER.

I can only quote Dennis Nelson in his book “Maximizing Nutrition”:

“Another illusion associated with cayenne pepper is that it aids the healing process. Again, the truth is the exact opposite
WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE, AREAL MASON "truth is the exact opposite".........

of what seems to be apparent. Since there is an increased outpouring of mucous when cayenne is eaten, it is falsely assumed that the pepper is cleaning out old mucous deposits from the body.
MUCUS? I NEVER HAD ANY MUCUS WITH CAYENNE????

Actually, the body secretes this extra mucous coating to protect itself from the harmful, irritating alkaloids in the peppers. It then uses the mucous secretions to eliminate these alkaloids. This is the body’s defensive response and should be recognized as such.”
SUCH MUCUS IS MADE AS A DEFENCE TO MOST FOODS THAT CAUSE THE STOMACH TO MAKE ACID. CAYENNE ON YOUR SKIN MAKES NO MUCUS AND THIS WEIRDO HAS NO CLUE THAT PEOPLE USE TO CAYENNE, FEEL NO HEAT, NO IRRITATION AND THAT THE BODY MAKES THE ACID, NOT THE CAYENNE..

Does this start to make sense? If not, read what Dr. Herbert Shelton had to say about cayenne pepper and other spices:
HERE WE GO, ALL SPICES!!!! FROM MEDICAL...DID THEY EVER WONDER WHY IN THE OLD DAYS, THEY SPEAK OF THE "SPICE TRADE", YA KNOW, BACK WHEN PEOPLE LIVED 500+ YEARS OLD???

“All condiments act as irritants and, as a consequence, induce inflammation in the digestive tract.
THEY MEAN VINEGAR, PEPPERS, TOMATOES, MUSTARD, SALT, PEPPER, SPICES OF ANYKIND AND SOME DOCTORS TO DAY WITH THE SAME LINE OF THOUGHT, SAY ALL FOODS ARE IRRITENTS AND I COULD AGREE WITH THAT, BECAUSE WE HUMANS WERE DESIGNED TO LIVE ON AIR AND SUNSHINE.

Their continued use results in hardening (toughening) of the mucous lining of the alvine canal. This hardening renders the delicate membranes less sensitive to their irritating qualities, but cripples the efficiency of the membranes. Cayenne or red pepper is about the most fiery of all condiments.”
LETS SEE FOLKS...I HAVE TAKEN THE LBB CAPSULES FOR 15 YEARS NOW...15 YEARS AGO I WAS DISEASED, LEADED OUT, RASHES, AND SICK ENOUGH THAT I HAD TO SEEK ANSWERS. THE LONGEVITY SPICES IS MAXED OUT WITH CAYENNE/GARLIC, ETC....AND THE AMISH HEALER HAS A MAN THAT HAS 1 LUNG LEFT THAT HAD CANCER AND 38 YEARS AGO HE FED HIM CAYENNE/GARLIC AND VINEGAR AT 3 TABLESPOONS AFTER EVERY MEAL AND NOW 38 YEARS LATER, THE OLD MAN IS STILL ALIVE AND DOING WELL AND STILL TAKING CAYENNE/GARLIC/VINEGAR AFTER EVERY MEAL..

DR, CHRISTOPHER WAS BORN WITH A BAD HEART AND GAVE AWAY AFTER BIRTH BY HIS PARENTS, HE SUFFERED WITH A BAD HEART UNTIL HE STARTED ON CAYENNE. HE WROTE A GREAT BOOK EXPLAINING ALL THE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT CAYENNE AND IT SEEMS 100% DIFFERANT THAN WHAT THIS GUY WANTS TO THINK.

Let’s keep on reading what Shelton had to say about cayenne pepper:

“The irritation caused by mustard, pepper, horseradish, cayenne, and other hot and exciting substances, due to highly poisonous essential oils, which, in the pure state, quickly produce blisters upon the skin,
THE SUBSTANCES MENTIONED ARE AS HARMLESS AS ANY FOOD, THOSE WITH NO FEAR OF THEM, FEEL NO HEAT. THOSE IN FEAR, CAN FEEL ALLOT OF HEAT AS THEIR OWN BODY MAKES AN ACID TO REPELL THEM. SOME AFRICAN TRIBES LIVE ON SUCH FOODS AND OUT LIVE THE TRIBES THAT DON'T CONSUME THE PEPPERS ON A DAILY BASIS; AFRICAN BIRD PEPPER WAS DR. CHRISTOPHER'S FAVORITE HERB, EXTREMELY HOT AND HARMLESS. I CAN TAKE THAT PEPPER AND STUFF A WIDE OPEN KNIFE WOUND AND FEEL ZERO HEAT AND END UP WITH NO SCAR. IF WE BELIEVE THIS PERSON, THEN THE CAYENNE WOULD BURN MY WOUND AND BLISTER.

and which in condiments when taken internally, exert their irritating effect upon the more delicate membranes of the digestive tract, excite the stomach to increasedaction in certain aspects, but lessen the secretion of gastric juice and, later, decrease the activity of the stomach.

(...)

"If pepper is taken by the non-user, its burning may be felt in the stomach. It may even result in diarrhea. When it passes out with the stools on the same of the following day, the non-user experiences the same irritation and burning in the rectum that he experienced in the mouth and throat when he ate the pepper. If it is habitually employed, nature is compelled to thicken and harden the membrane of the mouth, throat, stomach, intestine and colon to protect these against its influence.”
HERE LIES THEIR PROBLEM, THEIR THEORY IS ONLY A FALSEHOOD...THE BODY DOESN'T HARDEN FROM ITS USE, IT SEES THE CAYENNE AS A FOOD AND THE BODY MAKES LESS AND LESS ACID IN DEFENCE AND ONCE THE FEAR IS GONE, THE PERSON CAN EAT THE CAYENNE WITH EASE. I HAVE SEEN A WOMAN EAT THE ORANGE HABANEROS WITH "JOY", ZERO HEAT. SHE HAD NO FEAR, BECAUSE SHE WAS A WAR CHILD, HER PARENTS SHOT/KILLED IN FRONT OF HER AND THE CHINESE WANTED TO TORTURE THESE LITTLE CHILDREN AND FED THEM ONLY PEPPERS. SHE LEARNED PEPPERS AS FOODS AND TODAY AS A GRANDMOTHER, CAN EAT PEPPERS AS EASY AS I CAN EAT APPLESAUSE. THE OLD DOCTORS SCIENCE IS ALL SCREWED UP, THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HERBS AND TRIED TO ELIMINATE HERB USE.



Here’s what I have to say about it:
OK

If you by mistake put a little cayenne pepper on your eyes, and I’m sure it has happened to many people (it did to me!). It will burn you intensely. What do you think is happening inside of your own body when you eat it?
WELL, IF YOUR A DR. CHRISTOPHER BELIEVER, YOU WASH YOUR EYES IN A SOLUTION OF CAYENNE. TODAY, I SPRAY A FORMULA WITH CAYENNE INTO MY EYES...SO I SHOULD HAVE BLISTERS ON MY EYES IF WE BELIEVED THIS QUACK. WHILE SUCH METHODS YEARS AGO WAS A WAY TO DISSOLVE MUCUS FROM THE EYES, NOT CAUSE IT!

When you first tried to eat a hot pepper, did you absolutely enjoy or did you scream and run to go look for the water jug like your life depended on it? And did you notice that all that water that you drank didn’t seem to extinguish the fire at all?
THAT IS WHY THEY ARE CALLED HOT PEPPERS.

If you give a hot pepper to a child, will he thank you for the gift or will he wonder what he did wrong to deserve such an unfair punishment?
GIVE A CHILD ANY BITTER HERB OR NON SWEET SUBSTANCE AND GET THE SAME RESPONSE, SUCH QUACKS ONLY SEEK TO ELIMINATE ALL HERB USE.

You only know the answer to those questions. If in spite of that, you really want to keep on using cayenne pepper, it’s up to you. I, personally, will go without."
GREAT, SUCH PEOPLE AS YOU HAVE NO EYES, CAN'T SEE AND WILL FOLLOW YOUR FATHER OVER A CLIFF SO TO SPEAK ONE DAY, UNLESS YOU SEE THE LIGHT AND OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE TRUTH OF NATURE.
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A SIMPLE FACT

TAKE A MAN WITH FROST BITTEN LEGS, BLACK AND READY TO BE AMPUTATED...INSTEAD OF THE KNIFE, TAKE THESE 2 BLACK LEGS AND COAT THEM WITH CAYENNE DAILY AND PROP THE LEGS UP. KEEP NEW CAYENNE ON DAILY. THE OLD DEAD FLESH WILL FALL OFF IN BLACK CHUNKS AS NEW FLESH PUSHES IT OFF AND HE CAYENNE WILL HAVE FED THE BODY AS IT INCREASED CIRCULATION OF LIFE.

I AGREE THAT CAYENNE IS NOT MY FAVORITE TASTING/FEELING THING, BUT WHEN USED PROPERLY, CAYENNE HAS SAVED MORE LIVES WORLD WIDE THAN ANY OTHER HERB AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE KING OF HERBS AND WE DON'T CARE IF THESE WALKING DEAD PEOPLE CONDEM HERB USE ALL THEIR LIVES, LET THEM EAT THEIR DEAD ANIMALS AND MAKE USE OF MORPHINE...MAKES ME WONDER WHAT SUCH PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY WHEN THEY ONE DAY FIND PEACE IN MORPHINE, SUPPOSE THEY MAKE UP SOME LIE ABOUT HOW MORPHINE IS GOOD STUFF!

MH