Chili is a special food with a spicy taste, which is mostly used as a seasoning to remove fishy smell and mask taste. In places where spicy food is preferred, people even use chili directly to make dishes. The charm of chili is very great, and those who dare to try will gradually fall in love with the delicious taste of chili. In addition to adding flavor to dishes, chili actually has many very good effects.

Nutritious

Chili contains a wealth of vitamin A, B vitamins, vitamin C, and other nutrients. Its dietary fiber and minerals are also abundant. Regularly eating chili can also supplement vitamin E, vitamin K, beta-carotene, folic acid, and other vitamins. Chili is pungent and hot, and has many medicinal effects.

Stimulate appetite and aid digestion

Chili can promote the secretion of digestive juices, increase appetite. At this time, eating a little chili can stimulate appetite greatly.

Warm the stomach and expel cold

According to ‘The Materia Medica of Foods’, chili can ‘digest retained food, relieve gas, open the stomach, repel evil, and kill various poisons of fishy smell.’ It is appropriate to eat some chili when there is abdominal coldness, vomiting, and diarrhea due to coldness.

Promote blood circulation

According to ‘The Examination of Medicinal Properties’, chili can ‘warm the middle, disperse cold, expel wind and induce sweating, remove cold phlegm, and eliminate dampness.’ Chili can promote blood circulation, improve coldness, frostbite, and vascular headaches.

Beauty and skin care

Chili is rich in vitamin C and can also promote the secretion of hormones, making it very beneficial for the skin. Many people think that eating chili can cause acne, but in fact, it is not the chili that is the problem. If you are prone to acne, eating chili may ‘add fuel to the fire’.

Lipid-lowering and weight loss

Capsaicin in chili can accelerate fat decomposition and has a weight loss effect. At the same time, because chili contains rich dietary fiber, its effect of lowering blood lipids is also very obvious, and it has certain anti-cancer effects.

Pain relief and heat dissipation

Chili is pungent and warm, which can reduce body temperature through sweating and relieve muscle pain, thus having a strong antipyretic and analgesic effect. American research has found that capsaicin in chili can reduce the neurotransmitters that convey pain, making people feel less pain.