Chili peppers are also a very pungent food that many people love to eat. Especially Sichuan people are famous for eating spicy food. Chili can not only stimulate our appetite, but also have a great effect on warming the stomach and warding off cold. Traditional medicine believes that although pepper can drive cold, enhance appetite, and promote digestion, the diet should pay attention to the harmony of the five flavors (sour, bitter, sweet, pungent, and salty). Excessive lung qi has the functions of dispersing, promoting qi, promoting blood circulation and other functions. Eating too much can easily make the lung qi excessive, deplete the qi and yin, and lead to a decrease in immunity and a cold, dry throat, red eyes, and dry nasal cavity. Fever, dry mouth and tongue pain, rotten corners of the mouth, toothache and other “hot” symptoms. Damp-heat aggravation Excessive spicy food can easily aggravate the damp-heat in the body, manifested as skin acne, increased blood pressure, aggravated hemorrhoids, and nosebleeds.
So, what benefits can eating chili peppers bring to the body in summer? Appetizers and digestion: peppers promote the secretion of digestive juices and increase appetite; skin beauty: peppers can promote hormone secretion in the body and improve skin conditions; lipid-lowering and weight loss: capsaicin can accelerate fat decomposition and has a certain effect of lowering blood lipids; pain relief and heat dissipation: l Chili peppers are warm in nature and can lower body temperature through sweating. Cancer Prevention: Spicy foods contain many antioxidants.
Recently, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and the University of Oxford, UK, found that eating chili peppers can reduce the risk of esophageal cancer. The gastroenterology research team from the University of Toronto in Canada also confirmed that capsaicin can inhibit the growth of Helicobacter pylori, and regular consumption of pepper can prevent the occurrence of various gastric cancers. Some people smell spicy, some people don’t like it, and people with sensitive constitution or weak gastrointestinal function should not eat too much spicy food. In addition, peppers contain unique dihydrocapsaicin esters, which also have the effect of losing weight.