Health Benefits of Spices: 7 Amazing Flavors You Should Know

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Spices will not only add excitement to the taste buds, they also contain different minerals, nutrients and other essential oils that are important for wellness. These are used widely in various dishes and foods through the years. The surprising health benefits of spices are popular to all people and today, it has been continuously developed and preserved to know more about its capabilities.

7 Health Benefits of Spices List:

1. Chili Pepper:

Chilli

Many dishes use chili peppers to add a hot sensation in its taste. It contains a very important ingredient that will provide a plant with its spice called capsacin. It is famed to give out many health benefits. It is used to ease the pain and even prevent ulcer. Prostate cancer could also be fought with this. The scotch bonnet and Habanero are among the chilliest peppers when jalapeno, cherry peppers and Spanish pimento only give slight heat.

Chili Pepper nutrition value:

Nutrient	Unit	Value per 100 g	pepper 45g
Water	g	88.02	39.61
Energy	kcal	40	18
Protein	g	1.87	0.84
Total lipid (fat)	g	0.44	0.20
Carbohydrate, by difference	g	8.81	3.96
Fiber, total dietary	g	1.5	0.7
Sugars, total	g	5.30	2.38
Calcium, Ca	mg	14	6
Iron, Fe	mg	1.03	0.46
Magnesium, Mg	mg	23	10
Phosphorus, P	mg	43	19
Potassium, K	mg	322	145
Sodium, Na	mg	9	4
Zinc, Zn	mg	0.26	0.12
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid	mg	143.7	64.7
Thiamin	mg	0.072	0.032
Riboflavin	mg	0.086	0.039
Niacin	mg	1.244	0.560
Vitamin B-6	mg	0.506	0.228
Folate, DFE	µg	23	10
Vitamin B-12	µg	0.00	0.00
Vitamin A, RAE	µg	48	22
Vitamin A, IU	IU	952	428
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)	mg	0.69	0.31
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)	µg	0.0	0.0
Vitamin D	IU
Vitamin K (phylloquinone)	µg	14.0	6.3
Fatty acids, total saturated	g	0.042	0.019
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated	g	0.024	0.011
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated	g	0.239	0.108
Cholesterol	mg
Caffeine	mg