Colorful Bell Peppers and Their Benefits
Bell peppers, available in many colors like red, yellow, green, orange, and purple, and in round, long, and small sizes, are a variety of the chili family. However, unlike chilies, they are not pungent and spicy but have a slightly sweet and sour taste, so they are eaten both raw and cooked. Due to their taste, aroma, and colors, they are used in a wide variety of dishes such as sandwiches, burgers, wraps, pasta, noodles, salads, and soups, as well as in various vegetables and pulao. Colorful bell peppers, found in round, long, and small sizes, are also called capsicum and bell pepper. Rich in many types of vitamins, minerals, and nutrients, bell peppers have a hot potency, but due to their taste, appearance, and properties, they are eaten in every season. While green bell peppers are available throughout the year in every season, colorful red, yellow, orange, and purple bell peppers are mostly grown more in winter. Green and colorful bell peppers are not only attractive in appearance and delicious in taste but are also beneficial for health and beauty. Rich in Vitamin-A, Vitamin-C, fiber, carotenoids, and lycopene, bell pepper is also a very good source of antioxidants, so its consumption in some form in daily food is beneficial.
Let's learn in detail about the benefits of bell pepper-
- Green and colorful bell peppers are rich in vitamins A and C. In addition, the lutein and zeaxanthin found in them are very beneficial for eye health as well as for improving eyesight. Besides this, other eye-related problems and issues like cataracts and blindness are also cured by its consumption.
- Due to the vitamin C, vitamin A, beta-carotene found in all colors of bell peppers, and especially the lycopene element found in red bell peppers, it is rich in anti-aging properties, which not only strengthen the muscles but also help in keeping the skin youthful for a long time, as well as providing health and beauty. In addition, its nutrients help in curing hair problems and also aid in hair growth.
- Along with vitamins A and C, the antioxidants, vitamin B, and vitamin K present in bell peppers not only increase the body's immunity and provide the strength to fight infectious diseases but also increase the energy to work and aid in physical development.
- Bell peppers are also beneficial for diabetic patients. Consuming green, red, and yellow bell peppers raw as a salad before meals helps control blood sugar levels and protects you from diabetes.
- Bell peppers have a very low amount of calories and a very high amount of fiber, which helps a lot in weight loss. Its consumption increases the metabolism process rapidly, which also burns calories rapidly, leading to weight loss as well as controlled cholesterol.
- The element called capsaicin in bell peppers helps in controlling varicose veins. Varicose veins are raised blue and red veins on the arms and legs that come with age and are quite painful. Bell peppers also contain antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimutagenic, and immunosuppressive elements that do not let varicose veins emerge in the body and also work to relieve pain.
How to use bell pepper-
Besides being used in various vegetables, pulao, pasta, noodles, Chinese food, and soups, bell pepper is mainly used for garnishing and is also used raw, steamed, or baked as a salad. While its taste is very crunchy when eaten raw, its taste becomes quite soft when cooked, steamed, or baked.
The combination and use of bell pepper with broccoli, onion, potato, cucumber, carrot, beans, lettuce leaves, and non-vegetarian food not only doubles the taste of all these but also makes their appearance attractive, which makes the food's juice, taste, and presentation appealing, inspiring one to eat the food. Red and yellow bell peppers are also dried to make their powder, which is also called yellow and red paprika powder. Sprinkling yellow and red paprika powder on soup, salad, pasta, sandwiches, and many other dishes not only enhances their taste but also makes them spicy.