Green peppers
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Green peppers, also called, bell peppers, are part of the pepper family.
Keto scale Green peppers
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Scientific name
Capsicum annuum is a species of the plant genus Capsicum
Red peppers and green peppers
- Sweet red pepper is simply a mature green bell pepper
Bell shape
- Bell peppers have a bell shape.
Shapes, colors and sizes
- Bell peppers come in a rainbow of colors and have varying levels of sweetness.
- They come in green, red, yellow, purple, white and even brown.
Traffic light peppers
- In some countries, they package red, yellow and green peppers in packs of three and call them “traffic light peppers”.
- Red bell peppers are the sweetest of all the colors.
Nutrition
- By weight, a sweet red bell pepper contains three times as much vitamin C as a citrus fruit such as an orange.
- One serving or ½ cup, about 5 strips, provides 100 percent of your daily requirement of vitamin C!
- Vitamin C is needed by the body to form collagen in bones, cartilage, muscle, and blood vessels, and aids in the absorption of iron.
Antioxidants
- Red bell peppers contain the antioxidant lycopene.
- Lycopene is an antioxidant that may help reduce the risks of cancer and other diseases.
- Did you know that peppers can get a suntan? (A suntanned pepper is a green pepper with red spots).
Nutritional information on Green peppers
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NB:Carbohydrate, by difference(total carbs-fiber) is also called net carbs
