I believe everyone knows that green pepper is a very common vegetable in our daily life, and its nutritional content is also high. So what are the functions and taboos of green peppers? Let's take a look together.

Efficacy and function of green pepper and its taboo 1 1, efficacy and function of green pepper

Prevent aging

Green peppers are rich in vitamins C and E, which can improve immunity, inhibit melanin and resist aging, so don't eat green peppers soon.

Treat scurvy

Green pepper can prevent and treat scurvy, and has auxiliary therapeutic effect on gingival bleeding, anemia and vascular fragility. So green peppers have many benefits. Proper selection of green peppers for cooking can also give the body the nutrients it needs in time. However, it is also skillful to choose green peppers when buying vegetables. After all, I don't know what bad green peppers the merchants have mixed, and some of them are genetically modified.

2. How to choose green peppers?

1, the top stalk is bright green.

2. Mature green sweet pepper, fresh and tender in appearance, thick and bright, and thick in meat; The stem at the top, that is, the calyx part, is bright green.

3. Immature green peppers are soft, with thin meat and light green stalks.

4, the elasticity is fresh. Although fresh green peppers will deform under light pressure, they can bounce back quickly after lifting their fingers. Stale green peppers usually wither or weaken, and their colors are dim.

3. Cooking skills

Green peppers are used for stir-frying, side dishes and stir-frying, such as "diced chicken with capsaicin", "fried shredded pork with green peppers", "sweet and sour green peppers" and "fried bitter gourd with green peppers".

Vitamin C is not heat-resistant and easily crushed, especially on bronzes, so copper tableware is forbidden.

When cutting pepper, soak the knife in cold water first, and then cut it, so it won't be too spicy.

4. shredded green pepper

Materials:

100g shredded pork with hind legs, 200g large green pepper strips and 30g stir-fry buns.

Exercise:

1, add 30 grams of oil (about two tablespoons) to the pot, heat it, add shredded pork, stir-fry until cooked, and pour it out for later use;

2. Add 30 grams of oil (about two tablespoons) to the pot and heat it. Stir-fry shredded green pepper to pieces, and then add the fried shredded pork;

3, according to personal taste, add the stir-fry bag and stir fry evenly.

Efficacy and Function of Green Pepper and Taboo 2 Efficacy

Green pepper is native to tropical areas of Central and South America. It was introduced to China more than 100 years ago and has been widely planted all over the country. Its vitamin c content is 7~ 15 times that of tomato, ranking first among vegetables. Its unique taste can stimulate saliva secretion; Capsaicin can stimulate appetite, help digestion and prevent constipation. So green pepper has become a common dish on the table.

1. The antipyretic and analgesic green pepper is pungent and warm, which lowers the body temperature and relieves muscle pain by sweating, thus playing a relatively strong antipyretic and analgesic role.

2. After eating spicy green peppers, there will be a phenomenon of accelerated heartbeat and vasodilation of the skin. Chinese medicine believes that green peppers, like peppers, have the effects of warming the middle and lowering the qi, dispelling cold and removing dampness.

3. Promote appetite The unique taste contained in green peppers and capsaicin can stimulate the secretion of saliva and gastric juice, thus enhancing appetite and promoting digestion.

4. Purifying the blood The green part of green pepper comes from chlorophyll, which can prevent the intestine from absorbing excess cholesterol and help cholesterol excrete, thus achieving the function of purifying the blood.

5. Lipid-lowering and weight-losing green peppers also contain capsaicin, which can promote fat metabolism, prevent fat from accumulating in the body, and have a certain effect of reducing fat and losing weight.

6. The content of vitamin C in anti-cancer green pepper is 7- 15 times that of tomato, and there is also vitamin P that can promote the absorption of vitamin C. Even if vitamin C is heated, it will not be lost in large quantities, and vitamin C is a relatively strong antioxidant, which can remove harmful free radicals in the body; In addition, carotene and capsaicin in green pepper are also antioxidant substances, which can stop the metabolism of related cells, thus ending the canceration process of cells and reducing the incidence of cancer cells.

nutritive value

Green peppers have high water content (74% ~ 94%) and low calories, but with maturity, the water content will decrease and the calories will increase. Vitamin a and vitamin c increase with maturity. Generally speaking, the content of vitamin C is 3.5 times that of tomatoes, and it is similar to strawberries and lemons, ranking first among vegetables.

1, green pepper is rich in antioxidant substances such as vitamin C and carotene, which helps to eliminate harmful free radicals in the body. Pregnant women can improve immunity and prevent cancer and other chronic diseases.

2. Eating green peppers regularly can prevent gallstones. Green peppers are rich in vitamins, especially vitamin C, which can convert excess cholesterol into bile acids, thus preventing gallstones.

3. Green pepper has a certain effect on the prevention and treatment of scurvy, and has an auxiliary treatment effect on gingival bleeding, anemia and vascular fragility. It can also prevent microvascular brittle bleeding, gingival bleeding, ocular retinal bleeding and cerebrovascular bleeding.

4. Green peppers are rich in vitamin B, vitamin C and carotene, which can promote digestion and accelerate fat metabolism.

Efficacy, function and taboo of green pepper III. Pepper taboo.

1, Chili contains vitamin C. Pay attention to the degree of ripeness when cooking. The method of quick frying with fire should be adopted, and the heating time should not be too long to prevent vitamin C from being excessively destroyed.

2. Patients with eye diseases, esophagitis, gastroenteritis, gastric ulcer and hemorrhoids should eat less or not; In addition, people with fever symptoms or excessive fire such as yin deficiency, hypertension and tuberculosis should be careful to eat.

3. Patients with nephritis are not suitable for taking peppers.

Efficacy of green pepper

1, antipyretic and analgesic

Pepper is pungent and warm, which can reduce body temperature and relieve muscle pain according to sweating, so it has strong antipyretic and analgesic effects.

Step 2 Prevent cancer

Capsaicin, a component of pepper, is an antioxidant, which can block the basal metabolism of related somatic cells, thus stopping the whole process of body tissue lesions and reducing the incidence of cancer somatic cells.

3, enhance appetite and promote digestion

The obvious sweetness of pepper can stimulate the metabolism of saliva and gastric acid, enhance appetite, promote intestinal peristalsis and promote digestion.

4. Reduce blood fat and lose weight

Capsaicin contained in pepper can promote the basic metabolism of human body fat, avoid the accumulation of human body fat, and help to reduce blood fat, lose weight and prevent diseases.

5, prevent scurvy

It contains rich and colorful vitamin C and vitamin B 12, which can prevent scurvy, and has an auxiliary treatment effect on gingival bleeding, anemia and vascular sensitivity.

6. Clean blood

Part of the emerald green of pepper comes from chlorophyll, which can avoid unnecessary digestion and absorption of cholesterol in the intestine, and can actively reduce cholesterol and excrete it, thus achieving the actual effect of cleaning blood.