What are the benefits of eating peppers?

What kind of effect does pepper have? Let me tell you about it today:

1. Strengthen the stomach and aid digestion.

As mentioned above, chili peppers can stimulate the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract, enhance gastrointestinal motility, promote the secretion of digestive juices, improve appetite, and inhibit abnormal fermentation in the intestine. Some Chinese medical and nutrition experts conducted a survey in Hunan, Sichuan and other provinces and found that the incidence of gastric ulcers in these provinces, where chili peppers are widely eaten, is much lower than in other provinces. This is because chili peppers can stimulate the release of prostaglandin E2 in the human body, which is beneficial to promote the regeneration of gastric mucosa, maintain gastrointestinal cell function, and prevent and treat gastric ulcers.

2. Preventing Gallstones

Eating green peppers regularly can prevent gallstones. Green peppers are rich in vitamins, especially vitamin C, which can convert excess cholesterol in the body into bile acid, thereby preventing gallstones. People who already have gallstones can eat more green peppers rich in vitamin C, which can help alleviate the condition.

Red apples and red peppers prevent and treat breast cancer - Researchers recently discovered that "red-skinned" fruits and vegetables, such as red apples and red peppers, have preventive and therapeutic effects on tumor diseases such as breast cancer.

3. Improve heart function.

The "health product" made of pepper as the main raw material, garlic, hawthorn extract and vitamin E can improve heart function and promote blood circulation after consumption. In addition, eating pepper regularly can lower blood lipids, reduce thrombosis, and has a certain preventive effect on cardiovascular diseases.

4. Lower blood sugar.

Jamaican scientists have demonstrated through experiments that capsaicin can significantly lower blood sugar levels.

5. Relieve skin pain.

Studies have found that capsaicin can relieve skin pain caused by many diseases. In fact, there is a medicinal capsicum cream, but it is not used for weight loss, but for pain relief! Surprisingly, capsaicin, which can cause people to feel hot and painful, can also relieve pain? It turns out that capsaicin can stimulate nerves and release substance P, which is essential for pain. Therefore, during the process of substance P resynthesis and accumulation, people are less sensitive to pain, which has a pain-relieving effect. [14]

6. Chili pepper has a weight-loss effect.

Chili peppers contain an ingredient that can dilate blood vessels, stimulate the body's heat production system, effectively burn body fat, speed up metabolism, and accelerate the body's calorie consumption rate, thereby achieving the effect of weight loss.

Colorless and odorless capsaicin can make mammals feel a fiery burning sensation because it can stimulate a receptor called TRPV1 on the sensory nerves and release a substance P that is closely related to pain. Substance P has the effect of dilating blood vessels and accelerating blood flow, so the area stimulated by capsaicin will turn red and hot. This reaction is very similar to the fever of the body after exercise, which may make people mistakenly believe that it can play the same weight loss role as exercise. Little do people know that the real reason for weight loss through exercise is that a lot of energy is consumed, and fever is just a concomitant phenomenon. Dilating blood vessels and accelerating blood flow may speed up local metabolism to a certain extent, but no research has shown that applying capsaicin on the skin will have a significant weight loss effect.

Some studies have pointed out that capsaicin may have a weight-loss effect, but it is not applied in the form of pepper cream, but taken directly[5]. However, to ultimately confirm its effectiveness and use it as a safe drug for weight loss, further research is needed and it must pass strict safety and effectiveness approval by drug regulatory authorities.

7. Prevent colds

Spicy food has the "three-way" effect of clearing the lung qi, opening up the orifices and unblocking the blood vessels.

8. Radiation resistance

Spices such as red pepper, black pepper, and curry can protect cell DNA from radiation damage, especially gamma rays.

9. Promote longevity

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spicy food can not only promote blood circulation, but also enhance the activity of brain cells, help delay aging, and relieve various diseases.

10. Warm the stomach and drive away the cold.

"Food Materia Medica" says that peppers can warm the spleen and stomach. If you experience vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain and other symptoms due to cold, you can eat some peppers appropriately.

11. Promote blood circulation.

Chili peppers have certain medicinal properties, so they can "eliminate wind, induce sweating, remove phlegm, and remove dampness." In modern medical terms, this means they can promote blood circulation and improve fear of cold, frostbite, and vascular headaches.

12. Skin beauty.

Chili peppers can promote hormone secretion in the body and improve skin conditions. Many people think that eating spicy food will cause acne, but it is not the chili peppers that are to blame. Only those who are prone to acne will have their acne exacerbated by eating chili peppers.