Besides spicing up your food chilli it seems also has some medicinal value. New research suggests the compound responsible for chilli's heat could help slow the spread of lung cancer the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women. Most cancer-related deaths occur when cancer spreads to distant sites a process called metastasis. Lung cancer and other cancers commonly metastasise to secondary locations like the brain liver or bone making them difficult to treat said one of the study authors Jamie Friedman from Marshall University in the US. Our study suggests the natural compound capsaicin from chilli peppers