Capsaicin in some peppers, attacks cancer cells' mitochondria. They found capsaicin, an ingredient of jalapeno peppers, triggers cancer cell death by attacking mitochondria-the cells' energy-generating boiler rooms. The research raises the possibility that other cancer drugs could be developed to target mitochondria.
However, it is notable that, in modern Russian, a sauna is often called a Finnish Banya, though possibly only to distinguish it from other ethnic high-temperature bathing facilities such as Turkish baths referred to as Turkish Banya.
The air in a sauna is dry (between 80C and 100C), the humidity low (3 to 5 per cent), unlike steam or Turkish baths, which are cooler and much more humid. Steam shock, or loyly, is caused by sprinkling water over the stove's heat retaining, volcanic rocks. The Finns are appalled by the sauna's reputation in Britain.