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Capsicum: Experts weigh in on health benefits, nutrition facts, and more

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Perspective from Caroline Luiza C. Castro

Benefits

  • Capsicum is widely used as an anti-inflammatory potential food, since it is fully of antioxidants, preventing for example damages caused by some genes related to obesity
  • Capsicum is important to promote better digestion, because of capsaicin helping to increase the amount of spittle

Possible Side Effects

  • Capsicum can be strongly allergic, since it is one of the most common, causing anaphylaxis or nasal congestion, for example.

Perspective from Madison Shaw

Benefits

  • Capsicum is better known by its common name Bell Pepper. Bell peppers are rich in vitamin C and antioxidants which help support eye and cardiovascular health.

Possible Side Effects

  • There is a small risk in consuming bell peppers if the individual has a pollen allergy. There are times where there can be a cross contamination between the vegetable and the pollen.
  • Bell Peppers are a part of the nightshade family. People who avoid nightshades do to intolerance may need to conscious of bell pepper consumption. 

Reference: Microsoft Health: Caroline Luiza C. Castro, Master's in Nutrition Sciences and Madison Shaw, Bachelor of Science in Dietetics and Nutrition

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