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Why you should eat bell peppers: benefits and harms - who should exclude this vegetable
13.04.2024 00:30
Bell peppers are widely used in the preparation of various dishes in many national cuisines. This pepper is also called "sweet".
Who should include sweet peppers in their diet?
Although it contains only about five percent sugar, this vegetable can safely be called a dietary product.
This pepper contains a whole complex of vitamins. In particular, it contains ascorbic acid or vitamin C.
Moreover, in terms of vitamin C content, it surpasses even black currant and lemon.
In addition, bell peppers contain rutin, or vitamin P, which, along with vitamin C, is known to strengthen the thin walls of blood vessels.
In addition, bell peppers contain vitamin A, the amount of which is not inferior even to carrots. This vitamin is necessary for hair growth, skin and eye health.
Bell peppers contain B vitamins and vitamin PP, which will be especially useful for people suffering from a disease such as diabetes.
In addition, this composition will be useful for those who suffer from memory loss, depression, loss of strength and insomnia.
Bell peppers contain minerals such as potassium and sodium. In addition, they contain sufficient amounts of iodine, iron, zinc, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, which makes this vegetable useful for the treatment and prevention of anemia, as well as for strengthening the immune system.
Bell peppers contain the alkaloid capsaicin, which is essential for the health of the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas. It also helps lower blood pressure and thins the blood.
Bell pepper is considered an excellent remedy against atherosclerosis. The combination of useful substances contained in pepper perfectly strengthens thin blood vessels and makes them more elastic.
In addition, thanks to them, the vessels are cleared of formed atherosclerotic plaques. To achieve this effect, it is enough to eat one or two bell peppers a day.
This vegetable is recommended to be consumed fresh, and not after heat treatment. The fact is that with any heat treatment, bell peppers lose many of their beneficial properties.
In addition, it is worth noting that this pepper contains quite a lot of antioxidants, which help the body fight harmful microorganisms and premature aging.
Who shouldn't eat sweet peppers
Bell peppers are generally harmful if you eat too much of them. It is known that this vegetable helps to lower blood pressure. Therefore, people with low blood pressure should not get too carried away with this pepper.
Also, do not forget that pepper contains the hot alkaloid capsaicin, which, by the way, is present in almost all varieties of pepper; it gives pepper its characteristic heat and pungency. The harm of this substance is that, when it gets into the stomach, it begins to actively affect its walls, which causes exacerbations in patients with peptic ulcer disease and gastritis.
Bell peppers are also contraindicated for people who are on any diet to lose accumulated excess weight.
The thing is that pepper strongly stimulates appetite. Bell pepper is one of the top ten vegetables most susceptible to pesticide accumulation. Even one pepper with pesticides can harm the body.
Bell peppers are contraindicated for people with severe heart disease, ischemic heart disease, angina and heart rhythm disorders. Contraindications also include epilepsy, hemorrhoids, exacerbations of chronic diseases and liver disease.
As you can see, the benefits of bell peppers are much greater than the harm. Therefore, if you have no contraindications, do not miss the opportunity to add it to your diet. It will protect you from many diseases.
How to choose bell peppers
When choosing bell peppers, first of all, you need to pay attention to vegetables with a green, elastic tail. The pepper should have dense and elastic flesh, and the surface should be shiny.
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