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Peppers add a flavourful kick to your meal, plus they’re loaded with vitamins and disease-fighting properties. Check out these health
benefits of peppers By: Margaret Nearing

1. Burn off fat. Both hot and sweet peppers may enhance weight-loss efforts.
Research has shown that
capsaicin—the substance
that gives hot red peppers
(or chilies) their kick, and
boosts our metabolism—
keeps immature fat cells
from developing into full-
fledged ones. And a study
presented in April found
that a compound in some
sweet peppers (called
CH-19 Sweet), which
resembles capsaicin,
provides similar positive
metabolic effects—minus
the burning mouth and lips.
2. Control cholesterol
Another benefit of
capsaicin: A study in the
British Journal of
Nutrition showed that
adding hot chilis to daily
meals may protect against
the buildup of cholesterol
in the blood compared with
eating a bland diet. (The
hotter the chili, the more
capsaicin.)
3. Keep arthritis at bay
Half a cup (125 mL) of
chopped red or yellow
sweet peppers has almost
double your daily needs
of vitamin C (green ones
also contain lots). That’s a
crucial nutrient:
Researchers at the
University of Manchester
in England found that
study participants who
were in the lowest
category of vitamin C
intake had more than a
three-fold increased risk
of inflammatory arthritis
compared to those with
the highest intake.
4. Lower your risk of breast
cancer
Toss a sliced red pepper
into a salad for about a
third of your daily
carotenoid needs .
Research reported in the
International Journal of
Cancer in 2009 found that
premenopausal women who
ate two or more servings
of foods rich in
carotenoids each day
reduced their risk of
breast cancer by 17
percent. Why? Carotenoids
can interfere with
estrogen’s signalling
ability.
5. Love your heart and
prevent stroke
Whether you like them hot
or sweet, peppers contain
lots of B vitamins. One cup
(250 mL) of chopped
banana pepper has 36
percent of your daily
vitamin B6 and 10
percent of folate (also a
B vitamin); red peppers
contain 35 and seven
percent, respectively; and
yellow peppers, 20 and 10
percent. A Japanese study
published this year looked
at more than 35,000
women, age 40 to 79 years,
who had completed a food-
frequency questionnaire.
Researchers found that
the higher the dietary
intakes of both folate and
B6, the lower the risk of
death from stroke,
coronary heart disease and
total cardiovascular
disease for women.

My dad died as a member of ECWA (evangelical church of west Africa). As a registered member, the church bought the coffin and the senior pastor, some elders and many church members followed us to our village for the burial (from Jos to kogi state). He died on Sunday morning, and it was announced immediately after morning service. Frm service almost all the members trooped to our house including the senior pastor and his assistant. That's true love

All I do is to try and calm down, by doing dat over the years my stammering has greatly reduced. It's hard to notice now.

abuayman: Nothing is happening Bro, just coincidence. Remember the time in 2011 epl season. Any time that Ramsey of Arsenal scores, a big personality dies.
Ramsey scores=Osama died
Ramsey scores=Whitney Houston died
Ramsey scores=Michael Jackson died
Etc

Okay let's pray so, but remember this is Naija O!
The issue of 1st to comment has died a natural death.

An enemy dat says "over my dead my dead body b4 u make it life", na to pray for the death of such na. Moreover sef the prayer is don in Jesus name.

Hmmmm........fire burn all the way O! It's always back to sender by fire by thunder (for me).

Has anyone observed this facts before now?
Ondo State incumbent Governors always bury
their predecessors.
1. Adefarati buried Ajasin
2. Agagu buried Adefarati
3. Mimiko will now bury Agagu.
What is happening in ondo state?

Ask for BB, since u need what u can download wit. Bis monthly subscription is now 1k across all network. But MTN is de best cos of unlimited download.

sunny t: And when you know your child's gender what happens next, what are u gonna do about it. change it? Start telling people? What? I mean What?

We live in a world where technology has totally destroyed logic.

U'll prepare better I suppose, knowing what to put in place depending on the gender.

psucc: U only increase ur BP. Shikinah

How does one's BP increase if u know the sex of ur unborn child?

Just wondering with the level technology has gone, most people still preferred to let the sex of their unborn baby to remain a mystery till delivery day, even though it's possible to tell through scanning. I feel, maybe knowing the child's sex b4 will enable the parents prepare better, like the kinda clothes to buy etc.

I was on a bus ride home yesterday evening, wen a young woman started preaching. She started "if u wear trousers, u paint ur face, u put on weave on u're going to hell. If u're a man, u curl ur hair, u wear ear rings, u hav tattoos, u sag ur trousers, u're going to hell". She continued "I use to wear all these things b4 I got a revelation that I'll go to hell, so I stopped it". An example on how to reach out to lost soul was shown by Jesus wen the Pharisees brought a woman to Jesus accusing her of being caught in adultery. He told the woman "I do not condemn u, go and sin no more".
The best way to win souls is by telling them what Jesus did for them, and how dey can be saved, and not judge them. Most times wen feel u're judging them they'll just luck up.

If u not sure about a catholic priest being able to deliver u, den visit winners chapel, dunamis or mountain of fire ministry.