Worldwide, Peppers is a well-known vegetable. In addition to cooking uses, pepper has also medical importance. You have to know peppers surprising benefits. In fact, in Indian, Native American, and Chinese traditional medicine, pepper species have been used for the treatment of arthritis, rheumatism, stomach aches, skin rashes, dog/snake bites, and flesh wounds. (1) Amazingly; Sweet Cold Chili peppers have many cheerful colors green, red, yellow and orange.
Peppers surprising health benefits:
Sweet peppers surprising benefits & weight loss
One of the health benefits of sweet peppers is burning fat and helping you lose weight. In fact, studies in humans, using a wide range of doses of chili intake (varying from a single meal to a continuous uptake for up to 12 weeks), concluded that it facilitates weight loss.
To induce weight loss, the active substance of chili, capsaicin, causes an increase in calcium levels inside the cells and triggering the sympathetic nervous system. Worth to be mentioned; Weight loss by chili is also the result of an improved control of insulin, which supports weight management. In fact, weight loss has positive effects for treatment for diseases like obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disorders. (2)
Diabetes and the Kidney, Heart Attacks and Strokes
Peppers surprising benefits & Cancers
Surprisingly, pepper has anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal activities. In addition, scientific research found that red chili pepper has potent anti-cancers effect in cancer breast; prostate; stomach and leukemia. Capsaicin, the most abundant ingredient of red chilli is the active anti-cancer component. (3)
Sweet pepper surprising benefits & analgesia
In fact, sweet peppers can be used as pain killer owing to his analgesia action. Analgesia effect was comparable to standard painkillers, including aspirin and morphine. Again, Capsaicin, the most abundant ingredient of red chilli is the active anti-inflammatory pain killer component. (4)
Cholesterol
Capsaicin in Sweet peppers is effective at lowering blood cholesterol levels. By virtue of the lipid lowering activity, sweet pepper protects against the formation of gall stones. (5)
Sweet pepper & peptic ulcers
Capsaicin inhibits gastric juice secretion, stimulates mucus secretion to protect the gastric mucosal linning. In addition, capsaicin increases gastric mucosal blood flow which helps in prevention and healing of gastric ulcers. (6)
Topical capsaicin & arthritis
At last, Topical application of capsaicin is proved to alleviate pain in arthritis; postoperative neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, psoriasis, etc