Red Hot Chili Peppers 3-5cm (50.000-100.000 SHU)

Chili peppers have been part of the human diet in America since at least 7500 BC. Christopher Columbus was one of the first Europeans to meet them. Chili peppers, after Columbus era, were cultivated all over the world and were used both as food and as medicine. The causticity of chili peppers is due to the active substance capsaicin.

Chili peppers are used in all foods only by people who love very spicy flavors.

Properties:

• They help in the proper functioning of the circulatory system. They strengthen the heart, increase blood flow and clean the arteries while regenerating red blood cells.
• They protect the brain. They reduce the chances of a stroke.
• Help the process of digestion and gastric secretions.
• Ideal against bloating, especially during the hot, summer months.
• They are antiseptic, kill pathogens and are anti-irritant, helping to relieve pain.

Caution! Excessive consumption can cause problems with hemorrhoids.