What does capsaicin do to your body?
What Is Capsaicin?
Capsaicin is an alkaloid substance contained in peppers. It is mainly found in the endoderm tissue (seed-bearing part) and diaphragm tissue of pepper fruits, with a content of about 0.1% to 0.4%. The content in the peel and seeds is very small. It is made by special ingredients, separation and concentration of peppers, and is also called capsaicin or hot pepper. It has a good anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect, and can also play a good role in promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
What Are The Functions Of Capsaicin?
1. Heat resistance
Capsaicin can inhibit the synthesis of prostaglandins in the hypothalamic regulatory center and blood vessel walls, causing peripheral blood vessels to dilate and sweat to achieve an antipyretic effect. In addition, capsaicin can also inhibit the synthesis of prostaglandins in the hypothalamus, interfere with the oxidative metabolism process in bacteria, and help kill bacteria.
2.Analgesia
Capsaicin blocks calcium ion channels in the nerve conduction pathway and reduces the transmission of nerve impulses, thereby achieving an analgesic effect. It has a good relieving effect on symptoms such as headache, toothache, and neuralgia.
3.Promote blood circulation
Capsaicin can also dilate blood vessels, promote blood circulation, help improve heart function, increase cardiac output, reduce myocardial oxygen consumption, and improve myocardial ischemia. Capsaicin can increase vascular permeability and promote blood flow, mainly due to its stimulating effect on ATP-sensitive potassium channels. It can be used to relieve symptoms such as cold limbs and numbness of hands and feet.
4.Anti-inflammatory
Capsaicin has the effect of inhibiting cell activation and the expression of chemotactic inflammatory factors, so it can exert an anti-inflammatory effect.
5.Promote appetite
Capsaicin can stimulate the thermosensitive nerve receptors on the oral and digestive mucosal membranes, increase their excitability, and then promote saliva secretion and gastrointestinal motility.
6.Accelerate metabolism
Capsaicin can promote fat decomposition, increase energy metabolism rate, and help consume stored fat in the body. It is suitable for assisting fat burning during weight loss and body shaping.
In addition, capsaicin also has the effects of enhancing immunity and promoting digestion.
What Is The Application Of Capsaicin?
As food raw materials
Chili peppers are used as food seasonings, but when chili peppers are eaten directly as food raw materials, the bioavailability of capsaicin is not high, and it will continue to be released in the intestines, irritating the intestinal wall, causing abdominal discomfort, and even anal burning, and induce hemorrhoid. Adding capsaicin as a food raw material can control the spiciness well and ensure good absorption of capsaicin.
As a raw material for health care products
Capsaicin can stimulate the thermogenic system in the body and speed up metabolism. Capsaicin can also promote the production of two enzymes in the body, reduce fat accumulation, and play a role in weight loss.
Capsaicin with higher purity has strong and long-lasting anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. Oral use can promote gastric juice secretion, increase appetite, relieve flatulence, improve digestive function and promote blood circulation; external use can treat toothache, muscle pain, rheumatism, skin diseases and other diseases, and has a significant effect on the treatment of neuralgia. Using it to make an ointment has a significant effect on neuralgia such as chronic rheumatoid arthritis, herpes zoster, bruises, etc.
As chemical raw materials
Adding capsaicin to the insulation and sheathing materials of wires and cables can effectively prevent mice, rabbits and other animals from eating the cables, and it also has the effect of repelling termites. Adding capsaicin to paint can effectively repel mosquitoes and reduce the adhesion of microorganisms. Currently, capsaicin has been widely used in marine paints.
Capsaicin can also be used as an attractant in animal feed. After being eaten by animals, capsaicin stimulates the glossopharyngeal nerve, enhances gastric motility, accelerates the secretion of digestive enzymes, etc.; at the same time, capsaicin can bind to the body's capsaicin receptors and activate nerves to produce dopamine. , endorphins pleASUre transmitters. Used in livestock, poultry and ruminants, it can effectively increase animal feed intake and feed return, improve the repair of gastrointestinal mucosa, improve immunity, inhibit harmful bacteria and other functions, thereby improving animal production performance.