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