Bell peppers or sweet peppers are plump and colorful vegetables that many people often overlook but use to decorate dishes for beauty instead. Did you know? Their nutritional value is very high. Bell peppers are herbaceous plants, about 0.5 – 1.5 meters tall. The stems and branches are green. The leaves are single and alternate. The flowers are single, white. The fruit, which we eat, has a square to hexagonal shape. The skin is thick or thin, depending on the variety. It comes in many colors, ranging from green, yellow, orange, and red.
One cup of sweet peppers may provide 30 calories and 7 grams of carbohydrates, including 3.5 grams of sugar, 2.5 grams of fiber, and the following nutrients:
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin E
- Vitamin B6
- potassium
- Folate
Also, bell peppers contain antioxidants such as lutein, carotenoids, capsanthin, violaxanthin, quercetin, and luteolin that may help fight free radicals that cause cell deterioration and increase the risk of heart disease, dสมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน, iabetes, and cancer.
Properties of bell peppers
- Helps relieve stress
- Helps increase heart rate
- Helps stimulate the salivary glands.
- Helps nourish the body’s elements and stimulates appetite.
- Helps to relieve vomiting, helps to induce sweating, expel phlegm and helps to expel gas.
- It helps reduce blood pressure because it makes blood vessels flexible and helps the blood circulation system to work well.
Althougn, eating fresh bell peppers or cooking them may be good for your health. But before eating bell peppers, you should wash them well using vegetable washing liquid or soak them in plain water mixed with 1 tablespoon of salt for about 10 minutes and then rinse them with clean running water to help get rid of toxins from pesticides that may remain.
For those who are allergic to pollen, certain vegetables, or bell peppers, you may need to avoid eating bell peppers because you may be at risk of developing an allergic reaction, such as a rash on the body, face, or around the mouth, a swollen tongue, and possible respiratory problems.