Movie actor Billy Bob Thornton keeps illness at bay by guzzling cayenne pepper-laced water three times a day.

The eccentric INTOLERABLE CRUELTY star has cut back on his smoking and drinking, and now has a holistic doctor who advises him on what herbs to take.

And Thornton has found regular doses of cayenne pepper help his system flush out parasites.

He says, "My doctor told me I have fewer parasites than any patient he'd ever seen because I have pure liquid cayenne pepper three times a day."

01/04/2004 21:34