Hot Peppers

Capsaicin, the stuff that turns up the heat in jalapeños, not only causes the tongue to burn, it also drives prostate cancer cells to kill themselves, according to studies published in the March 15 issue of Cancer Research.                       According to a team of researchers from the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in collaboration with colleagues from UCLA, the pepper component caused human prostate cancer cells to undergo programmed cell death or apoptosis.                                    Capsaicin induced approximately 80 percent of prostate cancer cells growing in mice to follow the molecular pathways leading to apoptosis. Prostate cancer tumors treated with capsaicin were about one-fifth the size of tumors in non-treated mice.                                          "Capsaicin had a profound anti-proliferative effect on human prostate cancer cells in culture," said Sören Lehmann, M.D., Ph.D., visiting scientist at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the UCLA School of Medicine. "It also dramatically slowed the development of prostate tumors formed by those human cell lines grown in mouse models."

A quote from the American Association of Cancer Research website (aacr.org)

      PYROPAC SPECIAL 

  First of all, you may be wondering about the name (Heissenpfeffer).  If you are curious, you  can go to http://www.freetranslation.com/ and type in Heissenpfeffer, ask for a translation from German to English and you will get “hot pepper”. 

 

  We sort of have a Hot Pepper

 

  Jon “Butch” Ross developed and patented a product about 10 years ago that has been used by the military ( www.fbodaily.com/archive/2003/04-April/02-Apr-2003/FBO-00291778.htm - 17k -) as a heating gel for MREs, coffee, etc. 

 

Jon is now making this same product available for public use.  It is an odorless (really) fuel that can be used to light charcoal, campfires, fireplaces, bonfires or whatever.  It burns a blue flame and leaves only a slight residue that resembles sand. 

 

According to FedBiz Daily, “The PyroPac gel is the only fuel which meets the following user requirements: it is tactical in that it burns with a steady blue flame which does not disclose the warfighters position; has negligible vapor pressure that allows it to be declared a non-flammable substance and therefore not subject to Department of Transportation hazardous material regulation, which allows for ease of transport to overseas destinations; and has a completed safety and health data sheet, required for an immediate material fielding.”

 

PyroPac can be sent through the mail, so we are doing a test market program at introductory prices as follows:

1 package             $2.00                                    

2 packages            $3.00                         

3 packages            $3.50

4 packages            $4.00

 

Each package is good for about 3 or 4 fire starts depending on how much gel  you use   Shipping and Handling is included in the price. If you want larger quantities for resale or for organizations such as Boy Scouts, please call us at 1-800-934-7464.  You may pay using cash (if you dare), check, money order or Pay Pal.  You may order here, at www.heissenpfefferfarms.com and click on Pyropac or mail orders to Heissenpfeffer Farms 474C West San Antonio Street, New Braunfels, Texas 78130.