Is Black Pepper Good or Bad for us?

in #health7 years ago (edited)

Is Black Pepper Good or Bad for us?

Studies have shown that injecting the human equivalent
of about a half cup of ground pepper into the veins of mice
kills them in a slow, agonizing way.
This leads us to the question, is black pepper actually nutritionally helpful?

But what have the human studies shown?
According to these studies: Good for you.
Anti-inflammatory, anti-mutagenic, anti-cancer effects.

Sources cited:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17987447