Eat chili peppers
Recently, some netizens consulted Dr. Zhang with a question, this netizen likes to eat peppers, but does not know whether such eating habits are good or bad for physical health? In fact, in real life, there are also many patients who will ask such questions to Dr. Zhang. Today, Dr. Zhang combined the spirit of the latest medical guidelines and research results to make a detailed answer for friends.
Is eating chili peppers good for health? This question is really answered in our country's latest medical guidelines. In 2020, an unforgettable year, Academician Gu Dongfeng of Beijing Fuwai Hospital, an authoritative cardiovascular hospital in China, led the development of a Chinese lifestyle guide. This latest authoritative lifestyle guide specifically discusses the impact of chili pepper on people's health, in this guide points out: pepper is rich in vitamin C, some B vitamins and β- carotene, as well as calcium, iron and other minerals, but the main active ingredient that makes people feel spicy is still capsaicin. So, what are the effects of long-term consumption of chili peppers, especially capsaicin-rich peppers, on the body? Is the effect of capsaicin on the body good or bad?
In this regard, the guide enumerates and refers to different chili pepper research and experiments at home and abroad. Some foreign pepper studies have shown that capsaicin helps to increase people's sensitivity to the "salty taste" brought by salt, in other words, eating peppers often will make you increase your taste of salt, which is helpful for this taste to "become sensitive", thereby reducing salt intake, which is beneficial for the prevention and treatment of hypertension and reducing the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. This may also be an important reason why eating chili peppers is good for the heart.
Second, some of our country's own relevant medical studies have also shown that people who regularly eat peppers have a 14% and 22% lower risk of all-cause death and ischemic heart disease, respectively, compared with people who do not eat spicy regularly. This also illustrates in one way that regular consumption of chili peppers may be more beneficial to our health, especially for heart health. This may be seen by many friends who usually love to eat chili peppers and will feel very happy and happy. However, Dr. Zhang still recommends that everyone eat chili peppers to measure their strength and not overeat.
At the end of the article, Dr. Zhang wants to remind everyone that for many people who have excessive habits of eating peppers, eating too many peppers may make our stomach feel uncomfortable, which in turn will lead to damage to the gastric mucosa and intestinal mucosa, which is not recommended. At the same time, many people who love to eat peppers will also have obvious discomfort and burning sensation in the anus when they defecate the next day, and if it is serious, it is not worth overeating peppers. These are two common shortcomings of eating chili peppers, and if the discomfort after eating chili peppers is very obvious, my advice is that everyone should pay attention to eating less. 、
All in all, Dr. Zhang personally believes that eating a little pepper in an appropriate amount according to his own tolerance is an acceptable eating habit. However, there is no need for everyone to deliberately eat too many peppers specifically to improve their health, which may also lead to symptoms of physical discomfort, which is really not worth the loss.