Ground red pepper

More than 1, 500 species of plants belong to the genus of peppers from the family of "peppers, " but only six species are used as spices. But the red pepper has nothing to do with them and belongs to the "nightshade" family. As a spice, green red pepper, which is often called burning, Mexican, hot or chili, has become especially widespread.

Currently, breeders have bred many modified varieties of pepper, which differ in appearance and size. As a spice, red capsicum is used, which has a faint smell but an acutely searing taste. Ground red peppers, which were made from whole peppers along with seeds, have a more searing taste than ground peppers, which only used outer shells to make. This property of red ground pepper is due to the presence in it of a large amount of a substance called the alkaloid capsaicin.

Often red pepper is used incorrectly for food purposes, that is, not as a spice, but as a seasoning, adding it to an already finished dish. Remember that this spice should be added directly during cooking, on average 7-10 minutes before readiness. The calorie content of red ground pepper is 318 kcal per hundred grams of product.

This spice has found widespread use in the manufacture of sausages, vegetables and canned meat. Red pepper will help you improve the taste of pork, fish beef and first courses. But be especially careful about the dosage, as it is very burning.

Benefits of red ground pepper

The benefits of red ground pepper when eating it are simply obvious, because the aroma of pepper, arousing appetite, stimulates the work of the gastrointestinal tract and, accordingly, improves digestion. And this is not all: red pepper has carotenoids in its composition, which have a positive effect on human vision.

Ingestion is not the only way to use this spice, and the external use of pepper is also wonderful. People who suffer from rheumatism and arthritis surely know about it and have pepper patches in their first aid kit.

The benefits of red ground pepper are known as an indispensable assistant during SARS epidemics, as it contains a substance that has an antibacterial effect. In addition, pepper causes a sneezing reflex, which irritates the nasal mucosa and helps cleanse it.

Red ground pepper harm

The main harm of red ground pepper occurs when it is overused, since an excess of this product affects numerous cells of the stomach mucosa, which can cause various symptoms: from heartburn to malignant tumors.