Chili is a seasoning and also a vegetable. People who like spicy food are always happy with it, while those who don't like it keep their distance. When you are sick, you often hear the saying "avoid spicy food". So, many people believe that eating spicy food is for the sake of enjoying delicious food and harms their health, and even like oil, salt, and sugar, it is used as an example of "delicious food is not healthy, healthy food is not delicious". A while ago, a hot search was "Eating chili peppers actually has hidden benefits.". In fact, the so-called "hiding" is just not widely known. The trending topic is that eating chili peppers can supplement vitamin C. It is not surprising that chili peppers are extremely rich in vitamin C. Chili peppers are indeed vegetables with extremely rich vitamin C content. For example, the well-known "King of Vitamin C" kiwifruit has a vitamin C content of approximately 60 milligrams per 100 grams. Various vegetables and fruits usually have a lower vitamin C content than this amount. The vitamin C content in chili peppers varies greatly depending on the data provided. For fresh chili peppers (whether they are green peppers, red peppers, or sweet peppers), the low values are also above 60 milligrams per 100 grams, while the high values exceed 140 milligrams per 100 grams. Chili peppers also have a high water content, and their nutritional content is far beyond just vitamin C. The moisture content of raw chili peppers is very high, about 88% - this moisture content is similar to milk. In a solid content of about 12 grams, about 2 grams of protein and 2 grams of dietary fiber are considered excellent, and other vitamins and minerals are also quite abundant. Research has shown that eating more chili peppers reduces the risk of chronic diseases. As a vegetable, chili peppers have excellent nutritional composition among various vegetables. Regarding the relationship between chili peppers and health, many research institutions have conducted surveys, and the overall conclusion is that people who eat more chili peppers have a lower risk of developing various chronic diseases and a lower mortality rate during the investigation and tracking period. In short, it can be considered that eating chili peppers is beneficial and harmless to health. Chili peppers have many benefits, but there are three tips that should not be forgotten: 1. "Chili peppers" and "spicy food" are two different things. "Eating chili peppers is beneficial for health" refers to eating chili peppers themselves, rather than "spicy food". 2. Chili peppers are more nutritious from other nutrients besides spiciness. The health benefits of chili peppers include "spiciness" and its material basis. Capsaicin is just one part of it. Capsaicin can stimulate the brain to secrete endorphins and produce pleasure, as well as promote metabolism, which may have certain health benefits. However, the impact of chili on health is mainly due to other nutrients in chili, such as vitamins, minerals, plant secondary metabolites, proteins, and so on. Those non spicy chili peppers, such as persimmon peppers (sweet peppers), are also very beneficial to health. In most cases, there is not much chili in those "spicy foods", and they are only seasoned with chili powder with high spiciness. On the one hand, when raw chili peppers are made into chili powder, many vitamins and bioactive "plant secondary metabolites" are greatly lost. On the other hand, the main ingredients and other ingredients of these foods often contain many "unhealthy ingredients", such as spicy snacks that are often high in salt, sugar, oil, and refined carbohydrates