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No spicy is not good or bad
Source: Health News
Professor of Nutrition, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
"Not afraid of spicy" "afraid of not hot" are due to climate dictates
The world's first spicy diet should be from Mexico to South America's Amazon River area. Columbus discovered the New American continent, brought the pepper cultivation to Spain, and later from Spain to India and Southeast Asia. Now, China's annual output of chili is said to have reached 28 million tons, accounting for 46% of global output, called the world's first pepper power.
Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and the northeast of the Korean region and other places more people like hi spicy. China's spread of "Guizhou people are not afraid of spicy, Hunan spicy is not afraid, Sichuan people are not afraid of spicy" said. Sichuan and Sichuan area why eat spicy? From the geographical point of view, here are mostly water country Ze country, hot and humid climate, hot and hot can be published to prevent the damp heat caused by various diseases. Sichuan is located in the basin, it is wet and foggy, rare throughout the year the sun, this climate led to the human body surface humidity and air saturation humidity quite difficult to discharge sweat, it is boring. Over time, but also easy to make people suffering from rheumatoid cold evil, spleen and stomach disorders and other diseases. Eat sweat whole body sweating, sweat course can easily be discharged. Often spicy food can drive cold dampness, spleen and stomach, is extremely beneficial to health. Northeast spicy food is also associated with the cold climate, the Korean settlements climate humid and rainy, cold winter and cold, spicy can drive cold.
Pepper has a health effect
Modern medicine proved that moderate to eat chili on the human body does have a certain role in health care.
When the hot spicy pepper stimulates the tongue and mouth of the nerve endings, will lead to heart rate, saliva and sweat secretion increased, the stomach will double the work, while the release of endorphins. If you eat, the brain will think that there are pain hit, the release of more endorphins. Continued release of the endorphins, will make people feel relaxed and excited, resulting in spicy food after the "pleasure."
Eat chili, can increase appetite, enhance physical strength, improve cold, vascular headache and other symptoms. Chilli contains a special substance that accelerates metabolism, promotes hormone secretion, and protects the skin. Pepper is also rich in vitamin C and other nutrients, help to control heart disease and coronary atherosclerosis, lower cholesterol. Chilli contains more antioxidants, can prevent cancer and other chronic diseases. Pepper can also kill parasites in the gastrointestinal tract.
People used to think that eating chili often may stimulate the stomach, and even cause gastric ulcer, but the fact is just the opposite. Capsaicin not only does not cause increased gastric acid secretion, but will inhibit the secretion of gastric acid, stimulate the secretion of alkaline mucus, help to prevent and treat gastric ulcer.