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    Some Indonesian may miss something when their meal does not come up with chilies or chili chunks. The hottest ones are the most sought after by chili lovers. Not just spicy, chilies turn out to contain some important nutrients such as energy, carbohydrates, sugar, fiber, fat, protein, vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin C, iron, magnesium, potassium, water amd capsaicin. Capsaicin is what makes chili taste spicy and hot. Despite its spicy taste, chili turn out to have many healthy benefits.

    The first benefit of chilies is for stomach health. Capsaicin in chilies can nourish the digestion by increasing the digestive juices in the stomach and fighting bacteria that causes infection. In addition, chilies also help fight diarrhea caused by bacterial infections.

    Chilies can also reduce pain. Applying an ointment or cream containing capsaicin is thought to help reduce soreness, pain after surgery, migraines, psoriasis, thrush due to chemotherapy or radiation, joint problems such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, nervous system problems such as diabetic neuropathy, sudden and sharp pain in one side of the face, and nerve pain in the area of the body infected with chickenpox virus. In addition, capsaicin is also thought to reduce back pain, muscle and soft tissue painin fibromyalgia, relieve symptoms of prurigo nodularis skin diseases, and relieve symptoms of runny noses that are not associated with allergies or infections. Capsaicin works by stimulating and then reducing the intensity of pain in the body. That is why when applying a cream containing capsaicin, we feel the pain, but the pain will usually subside after the first use.

    The other benefit of chilies is that they are believed to be able strengthen lung tissues and help prevent or treat chronic lung diseases where the small air sacs in the lungs are damages by smoking. In addition, chilies can also thin the mucus in the lungs so that it can be easily removed from the lungs.

    According to research in China, a long term consumption of capsaicin is thought to reduce blood pressure levels. In addition, other studies also reveal that capsaicin is thought to reduce cholesterol and prevent blood clots causing heart disease.

Soal UTBK SBMPTN 2019

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