10 Benefits Of Chili Pepper

Chili pepper is also called chilli pepper or chilli. The fruit of plants from genus capsicum used as food and medicine. It originated in Mexico and South America, and spread across the world. The substance that gives spicy hot feeling is capsaicinoids, a phytochemical.

Below are known uses of Chili Peppers.

1. Crop defense
Conflicts between farmers and elephants have long been widespread in Africa and Asia where elephants destroy crops. Farmers found out that chillies are effective in crop defense. Elephants hate capsaicin (a capsaicinoid). They have large and very sensitive olfactory and nasal system that prevents them from feeding on the crops.

2. Boosts immune system
Red chillies contain large amounts of Vitamin C and small amounts of carotene while the green ones contains smaller amounts of both substances. The more capsaicin, the hotter the chili pepper and the higher the antioxidant level (capsaicinoids).

3. Protects your eyes
Chili peppers contain lutein and zeaxantin, which may slow development of eye disorders such as cataracts and macular degeneration.

4. Aids in weight loss
Capsaicin has been shown to curb appetite and stimulates heat production after they are eaten causing you to burn fat faster.

5. Anti-cancer
It appears that capsaicin may fire a lethal blow at cancer cells. In a prostrate study, capsaicin caused death of about 80% of prostrate cancer cells in mice, making tumors shink by one-fifth the size  of untreated tumors and also known to trigger suicide of prostrate cancer cells.

6. Helps prevent heart attack and stroke
Chili peppers such as cayenne, have been shown to reduce blood cholesterol level, triglyceride level, and platelet aggregation while it increases the body's ability to dissolve fibrin, a substance integral to the formation of blood clots. Natives who take chili peppers regularly have a much lower rate of heart attack and stroke according to a study.

7. Clears congestion
The spicy heat of chillies stimulate secretions that help clear mucus from your stuffed nose, throat and lungs. It is best when chili pepper is added in a hot soup.

8. Prevents stomach ulcer
Chillies can help prevent stomach ulcer by killing bacteria ingested while stimulating gastrointestinal lining to secrete protective buffering juices.

9. Lowers risk of type II diabetes
Australian researchers show that the amount of insulin required to lower blood sugar after a meal is reduced if the meal contains chili peppers. If chili peppers become a regular part of the diet, insulin requirements drop even lower.

10. Medicine
It is a safe and effective topical analgesic for management of joint pain, headache and some other types of pain. It is preferably used as cream. Be careful not to touch your eyes after touching chillies.

Foods That May Help Treat Erectile Dysfunction

Impotence is also known as Erectile Dysfunction. It is inability to achieve or maintain erection during a sexual performance.

Brain is the most important part of sex organ. Lifestyle or current health condition greatly affects your sex life such as diabetes, vascular disease, and depression. Erectile Dysfunction is a common disorder affecting millions of men around the world which some men are embarrassed to talk about.

There are plants that may help you take care of your precious possession down there.

Foods/plants that may improve sexual performace

● Maca
It is a herbaceous biennial plant which is used as vegetable, medicinal herb, and aphrodisiac. A radish-like root vegetable related to potato family. It has been used by native Indians as a health ingredient for thousands of years. Its health properties spread out until it was discovered by scientists. Maca has good effect in enhancement of endocrine function. The endocrine system controls conditions such as fertility and sexual function. Clinical trials suggest that maca can improve semen quality and boost libido. It has favorable effects on energy and mood, decreases anxiety and improves sexual desire. It has also been shown to improve sperm production, sperm motility and semen volume.

●Korean Ginseng
It is a slow-growing perennial plant with fleshy roots known for its medicinal properties such as aphrodisiac and cure for sexual dysfunction in men. Ginseng helps in production of Nitric Oxide, a muscle relaxant that helps increase blood flow. One study in Korea showed that 60% of men who took ginseng were able to achieve an erection much easier than without it. Study also showed that firmness of erection and overall thickness were improved.

●Ginkgo Biloba
Also known as Maidenhair Tree, a unique species of tree with no living relatives. Known for treatment of impotence. It helps increase blood flow. It has been found to prevent blood clots from developing that allows increase in blood flow. Better blood flow means better erection.

●Tongkat Ali
It is a tree primarily known for its sexual enhancing properties and grown in Southeast Asia. It is a natural testosterone booster for increasing libido and athletic performance. It gives hormonal support to promote normal sperm quality.  In an initial study, almost 15% of participants reported new pregnancies.

●Watermelon
It is a common fruit with a sweet and juicy flesh. It contains about 90% of water which is a great way to hydrate. Its rind (between the flesh and skin), the white part, is rich in Citrulline. Citrulline is an amino acid that is converted by our body into Arginine. Nitric Oxide Synthase, an enzyme, converts Arginine into Nitric Oxide. Nitric Oxide is a muscle relaxant that promotes vasodilation that increases blood flow for erection.

The Last Pain Reliever

Do you frequently take a pain reliever? Are you suffering from a chronic pain but scared to take a drug because of its side-effects?

Some common side-effects of pain relievers (analgesics) are gastrointestinal bleed, dizziness, and liver damage. It's either endure the pain without taking a pain reliever or take a pain reliever with accompanying side-effects. That said, some analgesics are safe with its minimal adverse effects as long as taken cautiously (reading instructions and following doctors advice).

Chronic pain, muscular pain or any type of pain is difficult and frustating to manage, and people who experience it are usually viewed as undesirable.

The pain

Pain is a suffering, irritable or uncomfortable sensation induced by a certain stimulus such as ankle sprain or hand injury. The pain sensation is sent from the affected area to the brain (sensory) in a fraction of a second. However, in another sense, pain sensation occurs in the mind, where conciousness or thoughts take place.
Anatomically, your brain is not directly conneccted to your mind. So, anything that happens in your body such as an aching muscle, may not directly affect  your thinking.

Things become a reality when they appear in your mind because you acknowledge it in your thought (that is the power of imagination). For example, you have never seen a ghost but are afraid. The ghost becomes real because you recognize it inside your thought. You don't need to see or touch it to believe it is real. Imagination is more than enough.

Feeling the pain and being afraid of ghost are not different. They both exist in the mind.

How to manage the pain

It is a Do It Yourself pain reliever. Do not recognize the pain. Shrink it by focusing on good things.

Be happy, be grateful, be polite, love yourself, and many other thousands of good things to do. Learn to become positive in any situation. This is your fight towards a painless journey.

Form a good or positive mental image and develop your ability to comfort and deal with a situation. That is the most natural pain reliever of all analgesics.

Use your imagination. Believe. It just happens incredibly at the level of thought.

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