DO YOU KNOW

NUTRITION FACT:

PEPPERS RICH IN HEALTH:

A wonderful combination of tangy taste and crunchy texture, bell peppers are the ornaments of the vegetable world with their beautifully shaped glossy exterior that comes in a wide array of vivid colors ranging from green, red, yellow to black.

Peppers, also called capsicum, are excellent sources of vitamins A and C. They help curb free radicals which causes cholesterol in the arteries and leads to atherosclerosis and heart disease. The nerve and blood damage seen in diabetes, the cloudy lenses of cataracts, the joint pain in arthritis and airway tightening of asthma is also by free radicals. By providing these two potent free radical destroyers, bell peppers may help prevent or reduce some of the symptoms of these conditions by shutting down the source of the problem.

Capsicum juice stimulates blood circulation as it tones and cleanses the arteries. Per 100 gms of the edible portion contains 1.3 gms of protein, 0.2 gms fat, 5 gms carbohydrate and traces of all vitamins and minerals. The same 100 gms gives 30 kcals of energy.

So before avoiding it, think twice......

FACTOIDS:

• Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. So chew and keep smiling :)

• Apple is made of 25 percent air, that is why they can float. I kept assuming it before ;)

• Eighty percent of vanilla beans used in ice cream is grown in madagascar...... Did we thought that before???? I didnt thought of it :)