Nutritional value and health effects of pepper

Oct 25
10:30

2012

David Yvon

David Yvon

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Pepper rich in nutritious, especially content a lot of vitamin C, the vitamin C contained is 36 times than eggplant, 21 times than apple, nine times than tomatoes, 3 times than cabbage, 2 times than the white radish, people just eat60g of fresh pepper everyday, can meet the needs of vitamin C in body. Carotene content is 19 times than apple; vitamin B2 and vitamin B1 are 3 and 4 times than apple; vitamin P content in 5,6 times more than ordinary vegetables, among the best in the vegetables.

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It is measured that per 100g chili containing protein 1.6g,Nutritional value and health effects of pepper Articles fat 0.2g, sugar 4.5g, calcium 12mg, phosphorus 40mg, iron 0.8mg, carotene 0.37mg, vitamin C198mg and a small amount of vitamin B1, vitamin B2, and fatty oil, volatile oil pentosan minerals. The study found that, the pepper fruit volatile oil content of 0.1% to 2.6%, the main ingredient is 2 - methoxy-3 - isobutylpyrazine with the unique aroma of fresh pepper. Spicy ingredients contained in pepper fruit have dihydro capsaicin, capsaicin, the high capsaicin, dihydro-capsaicin, azelaic acid vanillyl amide, capric acid vanillyl amide; pigment lutein, cryptoxanthin, the capsanthin trace Capsorubin, citric acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, etc; addition peppers also contain relatively rich in essential minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, called a nutrient-rich, with a full range of vegetables share.

As a pharmaceutical raw materials, capsaicin also called “red herbs” many researchers also summarizes the health effects of pepper that it is good for stomach and improve appetite. "Modern pharmacological studies have show that eat right amount of chili have certain therapeutic effect on the human body. Chili oral and gastrointestinal irritation can enhance gastrointestinal motility, promote secretion of digestive juice, improve appetite, increase the activity of digestive enzymes, which promote the desire to improve the role of digestive function. Alone with a little pepper decoction taken orally, can cure cold caused by poor appetite, abdominal distension and abdominal pain. Drink soup, pepper and ginger can cure cold, and it is particularly suitable for patients both indigestion. chili also a natural warehouse for against ascorbic acid and carotene, Modern medicine has proved they both with the anti-cancer effect, can cure dysphagia to reduce the incidence of gastric cancer.

Accelerate blood circulation, the pepper can accelerate blood circulation and heart rate, blood vessels to dilate, increase skin temperature, so people in the cold, damp areas have a special feeling to chili. Colds, joint pain, the damp feeling cold, can eat chili to sweat, the symptoms will disappear along with sweating. The function change dirty, chili as the main raw material, together with the garlic, hawthorn extract and vitamin E, made health care products, food can change dirty, promote blood circulation. In addition, eat chili can reduce blood fat, reduce thrombosis, cardiovascular system diseases prevention, can lower blood pressure, the growth of malignant cells, promote fat metabolism, lose weight and reduce the role of the hardening of the arteries, coronary heart disease incidence .

As the surveys by capsaicin supplier, capsaicin can significantly lower blood sugar levels. Currently, researchers is still not clear how it affects the content of the insulin. They speculate that capsaicin increased the amount of pancreatic insulin secretion in the stomach, acid is possible that it is delaying the hormone responsible for glucose metabolism in the body.

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