A hot and spicy member of the chili pepper family cayenne peppers have been used for food and as a traditional folk medicine for more than 9 000 years. And its no wonder why. Containing a phytochemical known as capsaicin cayenne peppers may offer a wide variety of potential health benefits. Our powerful formula provides 40 000 heat-unit cayenne that has been processed with 100% natural ingredients including ginger root modified guar gum vegetable fiber and annatto. This Bio-Cool process keeps cayenne in its natural spicy-hot form without burning your stomach! Cayenne is used by many today to help support healthy digestion and improved circulation and cardiovascular function. Additionally because capsaicin may reduce the production of the hunger hormone ghrelin many people take cayenne first thing in the morning to help support a healthy appetite throughout the day and to potentially increase the amount of heat in the body for a metabolism boost. Consequently cayenne is often used as part of a compre