No ka ʻohana nightshade ka pepa Bulgarian. ʻOiai ʻo kona inoa, ʻaʻole pili ka mea kanu i ka pepa ʻeleʻele, nona ka genus Pepper o ka ʻohana Pepper.
E noʻonoʻo i kekahi o nā waiwai maikaʻi o kēia mea kanu:
- He haʻahaʻa loa nā pepa bele i nā calorie. ʻOiai inā ʻoe e ʻai i kahi aniani o ka pepa, e loaʻa iā ʻoe he 45 calories. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i hoʻokahi kīʻaha pepa e uhi i kāu koi i kēlā me kēia lā i nā huaora A a me C.
- Loaʻa i ka nui o ka Vitamin C, kahi e hoʻoikaika ai i kou ʻōnaehana pale a mālama i kou ʻili i ka ʻōpio. ʻO ka nui o ka nui o ka huaora C aia i loko o kāna mau ʻano ʻulaʻula.
- Loaʻa i ka pepa bele ʻulaʻula kekahi mau phytochemical a me nā carotenoids, ʻo ia hoʻi ka beta-carotene, nona nā waiwai antioxidant a me nā anti-inflammatory i loko o ko mākou kino.
- ʻO ka capsaicin i loaʻa i nā pepa bele he nui nā pono olakino. Ua hōʻoia nā haʻawina e hōʻemi ana ia i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka "kino" cholesterol i loko o ke kino, hoʻomalu i ka maʻi diabetes, hoʻomaha i ka ʻeha a hoʻemi i ka mumū.
- ʻO ka sulfur maʻiʻo o ka pepa bele hiki iā ia ke pāʻani i kahi kuleana pale i kekahi mau ʻano maʻi kanesa.
- ʻO ka pepa bele kahi kumu maikaʻi loa o ka huaora E, he mea nui ia no ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻili olakino a me ka lauoho.
- Aia ka Vitamin B6 i loko o kēia mea kanu a he mea nui ia no ke olakino o ka ʻōnaehana nerve a me ka hoʻoponopono cell.
- ʻO kekahi mau enzymes pepa bele, e like me ka lutein, e pale i ka ulu ʻana o nā cataracts a me ka degeneration macular o nā maka.