Hot Peppers Are Healthy and Can Heal You

For years I watched my dad eat hot peppers, one right after another. Sometimes he would appear to be in extreme pain. Sweat settled under his eyes after each bite he took. He would always comment, "that was a good one". He ate a variety of peppers, ones that he and my mom grew in their garden; jalapenos, cayenne, hot banana and always new varieties they had to try every year.

It really didn't matter as long as he was eating one. I thought it was foolish to eat a hot pepper so hot that it would burn your mouth. But I was wrong, it was a 'good' thing. Capsaicin, the main heat ingredient in hot peppers has health and healing compounds. Many studies have proven this. My Dad is very healthy today and in his 70's.

The following is a list of some of the benefits of Capsaicin in hot peppers :
1. It can lower your blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure, start eating hot peppers. My Dad has really good blood pressure.
2. It can make your heart be healthy. It curbs your appetite and helps you lose weight.. My Dad has a healthy heart.
3. It can help you not have a heart attack or stroke. It helps stop blood clots.
4. It can help stop pain. My family has tried muscle cream with capsaicin. It really works!
5. It can help stop ulcers. I need to start eating hot peppers. Lots and lots of peppers.
6. Peppers have lots of Vitamins A, C, and K.
7. Hot peppers increases oxygen in your body.

The following is a list of Scoville ratings for peppers. The Scoville scale is a measure of "hotness." The number of Scoville heat units indicates the amount of capsaicin present. The higher the units, the hotter the pepper. The hotter the pepper, the better it is for you.