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Red, green, yellow and orange peppers. Sweet or spicy variety. This colorful immigrant is a vegetable that is extremely valuable for our health. It contains a number of ingredients such as vitamins and minerals that help us in metabolism by supporting weight loss, provide vitamins and unusual taste sensations. Why is it worth eating peppers and what color to choose. A large family of peppers guarantees a healthy way to eat.
What exactly is in paprika?
Autumn is the best time to introduce a large amount of peppers into your diet. Especially since it’s being harvested right now. Sweet or spicy, but ripened in the sun, it has an essential taste and many health properties. Paprika came to us from South America, and for good in Europe it settled in neighboring Hungary. It is a close cousin of tomato and eggplant. Pepper is not only tasty, but also decorates dishes, gives the body energy and increases libido. It improves well-being, rejuvenates and improves metabolism. So how can you not like her?
Peppers – a rich source of vitamin C
Peppers contain so much vitamin C that in the competition for its amount, lemon loses at the start. Peppers have 5 times more vitamin C than lemons. 100 g of red pepper exceeds the daily dose of vitamin C needed by our body. A valuable feature of paprika is also the fact that during thermal processing: baking, stewing or cooking, it does not lose its valuable properties to such an extent as other vegetables.
Peppers – a source of health
Peppers contain a number of ingredients important for the proper functioning of the body. Important vitamins from group B, folic acid, calcium, potassium, magnesium and iron can be distinguished. By eating pepper, we improve our mood, take care of the condition of the eyes, nervous system, blood pressure, bones and muscles. Pepper also allows us to delay the aging process and the appearance of the first wrinkles. All thanks to polyphenols that eliminate harmful free radicals from our body. We rejuvenate our skin and affect its beautiful color thanks to vitamins E and A contained in peppers.
Autumn immunity locked in paprika
The autumn vegetable, which is pepper, gives us a chance to strengthen the immune system, and thus protect ourselves against flu and colds in the autumn and winter. It is the phytoactive substances that have anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, supporting our immunity.
Slimming together with peppers?
Peppers are rich in fiber, which is particularly important for maintaining order in our intestines. It has a beneficial effect on the work of the digestive system, good digestion, has diuretic properties and effectively participates in cleansing the body. Hot peppers containing capsaicin have a particularly beneficial effect on metabolism and its acceleration. This pepper reduces appetite, accelerates calorie burning and fat burning.
Peppers – red, green or yellow?
By eating red pepper you will take care of your skin and eyesight. The beta carotene and rutin contained in it guarantee a beautiful skin tone and strong capillaries. Green pepper is a treasury of folic acid, especially important for women planning pregnancy, but also for those for whom well-being and good blood results are important. Yellow pepper, on the other hand, provides lutein and zeaxanthin that cleanse our eyesight.