Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Mind-Body: Sleep Spice

A few months back a roomie of mine guinea-pigged me out on a fasting/cleansing program called The Master Cleanser. Curious about the toxemia-disease connection it claimed, I gave it a shot for a few days. One of the stranger ingredients of this lemon-like concoction is a fairly strong dose of cayenne pepper. That's right cayenne, baby. At the time, I recall thinking this a bit odd. Nevertheless, while on the Cleanser I not only slept less, but had little of my usual difficulty getting out of bed in the morning. Odd, right?

Perhaps not. A recent Tasmanian study on the effects of chilli may suggest something else...

Study shows chilli could be the key to good sleep

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