Health Benefits: Peppers

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Known as sweet or bell peppers, this versatile vegetable is an excellent source of vitamin C.
The red and yellow ones contain four times as much vitamin C as oranges, and 100g of the green peppers will give 100mg of vitamin C, over three times the recommended daily allowance.
For this reason they are best eaten raw, although in the salad from popular in Spain or Italy, they conserve much of their vitamin C.

Peppers are also a good source of beta-carotene, yellow and orange ones, and of iron and potassium too.


However, peppers are perhaps best avoided by those with joint problems.