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.
1 Some form of this ancient practice is found in cultures around the world, from the Finnish sauna to the Russian bania, and from the Jewish shvitz to the Turkish hamman.2  The ceremonial sweat lodge, for instance, had an easy precedent in the old-fashioned shvitz..1 A session in a sauna or steam bath: when itâs time for thinking I like to have a shvitz. More example sentences. 1  One of the most memorable dreams involved me conversing with Lou as we took a shvitz together.