Most people like to eat spicy and sweet peppers; Some southerners especially like to eat Chili; Most northerners like to eat sweet but not spicy bell peppers. Pepper is rich in nutrition, especially vitamin C, which ranks among the best in vegetables. 100 g pepper contains vitamin cl05 mg.

Pepper also has important medicinal value. When eating is not fragrant and appetite is reduced, putting some pepper in the dish can improve appetite and increase appetite. Oral administration of a little pepper decoction alone can cure poor appetite, abdominal distension and abdominal pain caused by cold. Boiling soup with pepper and ginger can also treat cold and cold; Especially suitable for patients with dyspepsia. Why can Chili strengthen the stomach and help digestion? It turns out that it contains an ingredient called capsaicin, which can stimulate the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract, so it can enhance gastrointestinal peristalsis, promote the secretion of digestive juice, improve appetite, inhibit abnormal fermentation in the intestinal tract, and eliminate gas accumulated in the digestive tract. Eating some peppers properly is also good for people living in wet places, which can prevent rheumatism and frostbite.

Although pepper is rich in nutrition and has important medicinal value, excessive consumption is harmful to human health. Because too much capsaicin will violently stimulate the gastrointestinal mucosa, make it highly congested, accelerate peristalsis, cause stomach pain, abdominal pain, diarrhea and anal burning and stabbing pain, induce gastrointestinal diseases, and promote hemorrhoid bleeding. Therefore, anyone suffering from esophagitis, gastroenteritis, gastric ulcer and hemorrhoids should eat less or avoid eating Chili. Because pepper is pungent and hot, you should also be careful to eat hot diseases, such as burning eyes, toothache, sore throat, hemoptysis, furuncle, or hypertension and tuberculosis with yin deficiency and fire flourishing.

Talking about peppers in cold weather.

It's cold and the north wind is biting. If you add a little pepper when eating, you will feel that your skin is stretched and your whole body is warm, just like adding a dress. As we all know, people living in humid areas have the habit of eating Chili peppers. Whenever they finish eating Chili peppers, they feel refreshed, clear-headed, and their water content is reduced by more than half.

According to scientists' determination, pepper has high nutritional value, and is rich in carotene, protein, fat, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus and iron. In addition, pepper also contains a substance called capsaicin, which can make people's heart beat faster, pores open, skin capillaries expand and thicken, and blood flows to the body surface, so the whole body feels warm. In the cold and humid season, eating some peppers can not only keep out the cold, but also prevent rheumatic arthritis, chronic low back pain, colds, frostbite and other diseases caused by rheumatism. At the same time, capsaicin can also stimulate the secretion of saliva and gastric juice, accelerate gastrointestinal peristalsis, stimulate appetite and help digestion. Therefore, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and poor appetite can also treat chronic diseases such as stomach cold and stomachache by eating a little pepper.

Because pepper is spicy and hot, it has the effects of warming the middle and dispelling cold, appetizing and promoting digestion. Therefore, people often use it to treat abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, chilblain, scabies and so on. Although pepper has the above-mentioned multiple uses, we should also pay attention not to eat too much at one time, otherwise it will easily cause dry mouth and cough, sore throat, burning anus, dry stool and other ills. In addition, patients with stomatitis, gastric ulcer, constipation, fever, hypertension and hemorrhoids should not eat Chili to avoid aggravating the condition.

Advantageously:

First, strengthen the stomach and help digestion. As mentioned above, pepper can stimulate the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract, enhance gastrointestinal peristalsis, promote the secretion of digestive juice, improve appetite and inhibit abnormal intestinal fermentation. Some medical and nutrition experts in China investigated Hunan and Sichuan provinces and found that the incidence of gastric ulcer in these provinces and regions, which generally like to eat Chili, is much lower than that in other provinces and regions. This is because pepper can stimulate the release of prostaglandin E2, which is beneficial to promote the regeneration of gastric mucosa, maintain the function of gastrointestinal cells, and prevent and treat gastric ulcer.

Second, prevent gallstones. Eating green peppers regularly can prevent gallstones. Green peppers are rich in vitamins, especially vitamin C, which can convert excess cholesterol into bile acids, thus preventing gallstones. People who have suffered from gallstones should eat more green peppers rich in vitamin C, which has a certain effect on relieving the disease.

Third, improve heart function. Taking pepper as the main raw material, adding garlic, hawthorn extract and vitamin E to make a "health care product", which can improve heart function and promote blood circulation after eating. In addition, eating Chili regularly can reduce blood lipid and thrombosis, which has a certain preventive effect on cardiovascular diseases.

Fourth, lower blood sugar. Jamaican scientists have proved through experiments that capsaicin can significantly reduce blood sugar levels.

Fifth, relieve skin pain. Studies have found that capsaicin can relieve skin pain caused by many diseases.

Sixth, pepper has the function of losing weight. Pepper contains an ingredient that can effectively burn body fat and promote metabolism, thus achieving the effect of losing weight. In the Japanese market, there are many kinds of pepper products suitable for women to eat.

Disadvantages are:

Because pepper is a spicy food, people below should eat less or not to avoid getting worse.

First, patients with hemorrhoids. If patients with hemorrhoids eat a lot of irritating foods such as peppers, it will stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, aggravate the pain of hemorrhoids, and even lead to symptoms such as bleeding. Patients with hemorrhoids should drink more water, eat more fruits and eat less or no peppers.

Second, people with eye diseases. Patients suffering from eye diseases such as pinkeye and keratitis, eating pepper will aggravate eye diseases. In the course of treatment, a large number of spicy foods such as pepper, ginger, garlic, pepper and mustard will also affect the curative effect.

Third, patients with chronic cholecystitis. Patients with chronic cholecystitis should avoid spicy foods such as pepper, white wine and mustard, because these foods can stimulate gastric acid secretion, easily cause gallbladder contraction and induce biliary colic.

Fourth, people with poor gastrointestinal function. Although eating pepper can stimulate appetite, people with poor gastrointestinal function will have gastrointestinal mucosal inflammation and should avoid eating pepper.

Fifth, people with fever. People with fever, constipation, nosebleeds, dry mouth, sore throat and other fever symptoms, eating spicy food will aggravate the symptoms.

Sixth, maternity. Within a week after delivery, eating Chili peppers not only makes women "get angry", but also causes constipation and other symptoms, which will also affect the baby and aggravate the baby's getting angry.

Seven, oral ulcers. The patient's mouth is sensitive to salty, spicy, sour and bitter taste, and eating Chili will aggravate the pain.

These patients should pay special attention not to eat spicy food. In fact, normal people should eat spicy food in moderation, and should do what they can according to their own eating ability. Otherwise, eating and eating will be addictive, but it will have adverse effects on the body.