Bell pepper, also
known as sweet pepper, is one of the most commonly employed chili peppers in
the Capsicum annuum family. Sweet peppers are fruit pods on the
capsicum plant grown for their subtle hotness yet sweet, the delicate peppery
flavor they extend to the recipes. Botanically, it is a small perennial shrub
in the nightshade or Solanaceae family, of the genus, Capsicum.
Scientific
name: Capsicum annuum L.
Health benefits of bell pepper
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Bell pepper contains an impressive list of plant nutrients that
found to have disease preventing and health promoting properties. Unlike in
other fellow chili peppers, it has very fewer calories and fats. 100 grams
provides just 31 calories.
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Sweet (bell) pepper contains small levels of health benefiting
alkaloid compound, capsaicin. Early laboratory studies on experimental mammals
suggest that capsaicin has anti-bacterial, anti-carcinogenic, analgesic and
anti-diabetic properties. When used judiciously, it also found to reduce
triglycerides and LDL cholesterol levels in obese individuals.
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Fresh bell peppers, red or green, are a rich source of vitamin-C.
This vitamin is particularly concentrated in red peppers at the highest levels.
100 g red pepper provides about 127.7 µg or about 213% of RDA of
vitamin-C. Vitamin-C is a potent water-soluble antioxidant. Inside the human
body, it is required for the collagen synthesis. Collagen is the main
structural protein in the body required for maintaining the integrity of blood
vessels, skin, organs, and bones. Regular consumption of foods rich in this
vitamin helps the human body protect from scurvy; develop resistance against
infectious agents (boosts immunity) and scavenge harmful, pro-inflammatory free
radicals from the body.
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It also contains healthy levels of vitamin-A. 100 g of sweet
pepper has 3131 IU or 101% of vitamin A. Additionally, antioxidant flavonoids
such as alpha and beta carotenes, lutein, zeaxanthin, and cryptoxanthin also
found in them. Together, these antioxidant substances in sweet peppers help
protect the body from injurious effects of free radicals generated during
stress and disease conditions.
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Bell pepper has adequate levels of essential minerals. Some of the
main minerals in it are iron, copper, zinc, potassium, manganese, magnesium,
and selenium. Manganese used by the body as a co-factor for the antioxidant
enzyme, superoxide dismutase. Selenium is an antioxidant trace
element that acts as a co-factor for enzyme, superoxide dismutase.
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Further, capsicum (sweet pepper) is also good in the B-complex
group of vitamins such as niacin, pyridoxine (vitamin B-6), riboflavin, and
thiamin (vitamin B-1). These vitamins are essential in the sense that body
requires them from external sources to replenish. B-complex vitamins facilitate
cellular metabolism through various enzymatic functions.
Capsicum 1 Kg
- Product Code: Capsicum
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INR 52.00
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