On Mon, 30 May 2005 12:53:48 -0500, Sherry
wrote:

Alan S wrote in
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Hi Kate

Now I'm trying to work out how to let her know she's not the
only one, without letting her know I broadcast her situation
to the world. She also has a problem with capsicum (bell
peppers), but the symptoms are different. Similar to
metformin I'm told.


Capsaicin in bell peppers???? Hmm. That's the "hot" to chili peppers.

"Bell peppers are not ‘hot’. They contain a recessive gene which
eliminates capsaisin, the compound responsible for the ‘hotness’ found
in other peppers."
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?t...dspice&dbid=50


Similar to metformin??? How's that?

Sherry

Regional nomenclature.

The vegetable you call "Bell Pepper" we call "Capsicum".
They are part of the same family, but as you say, they are
fleshy and sweet, not hot.

And I was attempting to be discreet as to the "similar to
metformin". Think about the early stage effects, but on the
GI tract, not on BGs.


Cheers Alan, T2, Australia.
--
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.