Green Chili (Capsicum annuum) - an immune booster and many more health benefits

Summer season and corona (COVID -19) both are at a peak in India. Where dusty, gusty, hot, and dry summer wind (Loo) is making dehydration to the person who has to go for work outside at the same time person should wear a facemask and hand gloves, etc. to protect themselves from the COVID-19; a pandemic viral disease.  It is also well known that a good immune system only can protect the human body from several diseases.

Though, all the people now taking the utmost precautions to escape from summer wind as well as Corona disease but adding small things in the routine life can give more benefit to a person to overcome from the risk of the aforesaid trouble. It is nothing but adding green chili (Capsicum annuum) to the routine diet. It was observed that two numbers of medium-sized green chili fruit are quite enough for a person to maintain good health by eating along with salads or in another form like green chili sauce, green chili chutney, green chili pickle but practically it is found more effective if eaten with food as raw green chili. If it is not comfortable to eat green chili along with food in this situation, the green chili water may be preferred. 

Preparation of Green chili water:  Take two medium-sized fully green and healthy chili fruit. Soak it with one tumbler of drinking water overnight. Remove the soaked chili fruit from tumbler in the morning and drink the water before or after breakfast. This may be taken daily for initially two weeks to boosting the immune system. It may be taken daily also as it works as a green vegetable to the body and there is no side effect reported so far.  

Health benefits: The Main health benefits of green chilies are as under-

1. The green chili provides Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Vitamin B6, Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, Iron, and other micronutrients that a human body requires on a daily basis to maintain the Immune system. While eating green chili, more saliva secretion occurs that regulates the digestive system of the human body. 

2. It has more antioxidants, anticancerous anti-infectious and anti-inflammatory properties that help to release toxicity, inhibit cancer cell formation, kill microbes like bacteria & viruses, and relax in pain respectively. 

3. It Regulates metabolic activities to the human body.

4. It has anticoagulation properties and helps to stop blood clotting to avoid the risk of a heart attack.

5. Daily use of green chilies prevents ulcer formation and balance the blood sugar level in the body that cause diabetics.

6. It helps in the good formation of Red Blood corpuscles in the human body.

7. It repairs the broken tissues and maintains glory skin.

8. In man, prostate cancer is a very common disease. Eating green chili reduces the enlargement of the prostate gland and prostate cancer.

9. It helps to maintain good cholesterol in the body also in the formation of Endorphin hormone OR "Feel good" to make your mood happy.