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One of the ways that capsaicin can help humans avoid cancer is by supporting the tumor suppressing p53 gene protein, located in most cells.

p53 acts as a ‘guardian of the genome,’ by detecting and responding to DNA damage, cellular stress and other threats. Its primary function includes cell cycle arrest, preventing uncontrolled proliferation of mutant cells that can lead to cancer. But there are times when p53 becomes mutant itself, in which case capsaicin can eliminate the rogue p53 and reactivate the wild-type (tumor suppressing) p53.

One Genetics textbook claims that 75% of colorectal cancers have rogue p53 (with mutations), which enables the other mutations to spread. By activating the TRPV1 channel Capsaicin can help activate the good p53 thereby suppressing tumor growth.

Bottom line, “Capsaicin can mitigate the process of mutated DNA producing a tumor by influencing cancer cells at multiple stages ” (AI), which is significant because all humans have mutated DNA, that increases daily, while the body’s ability to fix it diminishes with age.

A drop of “Capsaicin shows anti-tumor effects by inhibiting cancer cell proliferation, promoting cell death (apoptosis) and hindering tumor growth and metastasis. It appears to selectively target cancer cells while leaving normal cells largely unharmed.” (AI)