Many red Chili Peppers, Chili peppers cuts risk of death from heart attack and stroke

Chili peppers cuts risk of death from heart attack and stroke

Chili peppers have many health benefits, recently a new study found that eating chili peppers cuts the risk of death from a heart attack and stroke. Eating chili peppers could reduce the risk of dying, study says. Chili peppers have been used by many cultures, for many years, chili has been hailed because people believed in its therapeutic properties. Today new research has found that eating chili peppers regularly can cut the risk of death from heart disease and stroke.

 

Many different kind of chili, Chili peppers cuts risk of death from heart attack and stroke
Different types of chili peppers

The study has been conducted in Italy, and the Mediterranean diet has been taken a place among participants. The study compared the risk of death among 23,000 people. The participants in the study have been followed for eight years. The study was a controlled study, there some of whom ate chili and some of whom didn’t. Also, the researchers were monitoring the participants’ health status and eating habits. By the end, the researchers found that the risk of dying from a heart attack was 40% lower among those eating chili peppers.

Death by Stroke
Death by Stroke

 

According to CNN  experts praised the study while pointing out some limitations. Duane Mellor, a registered dietitian and senior teaching fellow at Aston Medical School in the UK said the paper is “interesting” but “does not show a causal link” between chili consumption and health benefits. So chilies could be a marker for health and further, we need more studies, to discover the mechanisms of the therapeutic properties of chilies.

Chili Peppers

 

Pepper, hot chili, raw (USDA)

Portion: 100g

NameAmountUnit
Water87.88g
Energy40kcal
Protein1.94g
Total lipid (fat)0.32g
Carbohydrate, by difference9.14g
Fiber, total dietary1.5g
Sugars, total including NLEA5.2g
Calcium, Ca16mg
Iron, Fe1.12mg
Magnesium, Mg24mg
Phosphorus, P44mg
Potassium, K331mg
Sodium, Na8mg
Zinc, Zn0.28mg
Copper, Cu0.152mg
Selenium, Se0.5µg
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid193.1mg
Thiamin0.081mg
Riboflavin0.088mg
Niacin1.097mg
Vitamin B-60.392mg
Folate, total23µg
Folic acid0µg
Folate, food23µg
Folate, DFE23µg
Choline, total11mg
Vitamin B-120µg
Vitamin B-12, added0µg
Vitamin A, RAE54µg
Retinol0µg
Carotene, beta602µg
Carotene, alpha30µg
Cryptoxanthin, beta45µg
Lycopene0µg
Lutein + zeaxanthin717µg
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)0.69mg
Vitamin E, added0mg
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)0µg
Vitamin K (phylloquinone)14.2µg
Fatty acids, total saturated0.032g
4:00g
6:00g
8:00g
10:00g
12:00g
14:00.002g
16:00.024g
18:00.005g
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated0.018g
16:10g
18:10.018g
20:10g
22:10g
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated0.174g
18:20.166g
18:30.008g
18:40g
20:40g
20:5 n-3 (EPA)0g
22:5 n-3 (DPA)0g
22:6 n-3 (DHA)0g
Cholesterol0mg
Alcohol, ethyl0g
Caffeine0mg
Theobromine0mg

 

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