Is Chili Pepper Bad for You?

No! Chili is good for us as chili has all the positive factor for every part of our body

The main ingredient in chili, is called capsaicin. Capsaicin was extracted from chili by scientists about a century ago. It has the much desired ability to help burning out fatty cells. As it works, it goes deep into the fatness and improves circulations by increasing metabolism during the process of burning.

Meanwhile, toxins and wastes are eliminated. Thus, it improves the firmness
and smoothness of the skin. So whilst it slims, it beautifies in a healthy way.

Beyond its flavor-enhancing qualities, capsaicin exhibits its potential in fighting diseases like diabetes and prostate cancer, recent research indicates. In a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, for example, Australian researchers found that adding chili peppers to a person's diet reduces the amount of insulin that appears in the blood after eating. High post-meal insulin levels can lead to type 2 diabetes, so the insulin-blunting effect of the peppers may be protective, the researchers concluded.

A word of caution: chili can greatly increase one's appetite, as it  greatly enhances the taste of food. Therefore, one needs to exercise great discipline 
to refrain from over-eating .

		Thus chili not only makes delicious food, it also makes super health food.It is naturally low in fat, calories low  in sodium; and has zero cholesterol. Stir fry method, colorful, quick and easy retaining the rich nutrients and the colors of capsicum for the health conscious
		Stir fry basically involves the shortest possible time of frying at high heat, thus preserving the original state of foodstuff.   Stir fry method, quick and easy, in 3 minutes. Learn how: Simple Secrets in Chinese Stir Fry Cooking

A Rich Source of  Vitamins
Chili is richly endowed with vitamins A, E and C necessary for general health. Chili contains seven times more vitamin C than orange. That makes it a very popular antioxidant.

It is also a good source of most B vitamins and vitamin B6 in particular. It is naturally low in fat, calories low  in sodium; and has zero cholesterol.
In addition, it contains very high contents of minerals like molybdenum, manganese, folate, potassium, magnesium, thiamin, iron and copper, giving it a reputation for naturally boosting the body's immune system.
 

Chili as a painkiller
Chili has been shown to relieve pains due to shingles as well as other skin ailments. It also helps to relieve cluster headaches, migraine and sinus the pain. Chili has also been used for muscle or joint pain like rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, backache,, strains, sprains, and frostbite.

The FDA has approved its use in these purposes There are conflicting opinions regarding the effectiveness of this treatment. Some like it, some don't.
Chili contain pain-alleviating compounds called salicylates (found in natural aspirin) which act only on pain receptors, and not on normal cells.....

Thus chili helps reduce pain......with exact targeting on the pain area under treatment; and without inflicting paralysis on to other normal parts of the body, causing unnecessary unconsciousness

In far anticipation, this ideal painkiller could one day, allow women to give birth painlessly.......read more .Also it would allow a patient to have open-heart surgery while remaining conscious! How?

A Natural Antibiotic
Due to its acidic, pungent, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, chili is also known to exhibit immunization abilities. Researches have shown that chili kills more than 75 % of the thirty harmful bacteria present in food under studies.

Anandita.D. Tamuly of Assam has her name entered in the Guinness World Records as the new chili champ, after having munched 51 bhut jolokia, the world’s hottest chilies, in two minutes.
‘I have been eating Bhut Jolokia since my childhood and never felt the hotness in my mouth. I had a sore tongue and my mother applied a chili paste to cure the infection when I was five. Since then I developed a penchant for chilies,’ she said.

It not only spices up your food but allows you to relax and enjoy while you eat, without having to exert excessive caution on nasty microbes. Grandmother’s tale have it that eating chili can help to de-worm the bowel system! It is also considered as an answer to infection, cut wounds without leaving behind scars.

It is advisable to exercise certain degree of caution whilst resorting to chili for treatment as it has some side effects.