Published in Cell Metabolism Journal, Chinese researchers have discovered that long term consumption of consumption of capsaicin as part of a normal diet of rats bred to have high blood pressure helps rest blood vessels making blood press drop benefiting blood pressure control.  Capsaicin is the compound that adds spicy taste to hot peppers.

Earlier studies showed in  short term exposure to capsaicin produced conflicting results in hypertensive rats as this new study is the first one that looks at the effects of treatment long term. Follow up studies will be needed o see if capsaicin benefits humans the same way, the researchers behind the study noted that in southwestern China where spicy food is consumed, the incidence of high blood pressure is much lower than elsewhere in China

A study from Boston University School of Medicine and published by Journal of Substitute and Complemetary Medicine showed that yoga increased levels of gamma-aminobutyric know as neurotransmitter in the brain. Low levels of GABA, a neurotransmitter correlates with depression and anxiety disorders. Investigators followed two randomized groups of healthy volunteers for 12 weeks. Group one performed one hour of yoga three times a week, while the group two walked for one hour three times a week. Before and after the last session, the researchers compared the neurotransmitter levels of apiece of the volunteers in both groups, using attractable resonance spectroscopic imaging. The researches found increased neurotransmitter levels and decreased anxiety among the participants in group one, the yoga group, who also reported a significantly greater reduction in anxiety and improved mood over the course of the study than did the volunteers in group two, the travel group