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nator Member (Idle past 2160 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: Interesting, thanks. Do you get the benefits only if it is unrefined, expeller pressed oil?
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EZscience Member (Idle past 5144 days) Posts: 961 From: A wheatfield in Kansas Joined: |
Actually, there are three basic types, and none of them undergo much refinement beyond the expressing process. The newly developed 'Nusun' types are actually those with the qualities that enable them to be substituted for trans-fats in processed foods and restaurant deep-fryers. You can find quite a list of the health benefits here. It is disappointing that pure sunflower oil is so hard to find in grocery stores for direct sale to the consumer. I suspect this is because here is just such an overwhelming demand for it commercially right now.
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nator Member (Idle past 2160 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: Well, as far sa I know, you get the benefits of blueberries raw or cooked, although my hunch is that most fruits are going to be better for the less you cook them (except for things like quince and tamarind which you have to cook to eat at all. Here is a good little bit of info on blueberries. link quote: Fresh chiles have 2 main substances which are healthful; high levels of vitamin C and capsaicin, the "hot" stuff. Also, red chiles (as opposed to green) have beta-carotene which is an anti-oxidant. Dried are not as good, nutritionally, I don't think.
chili pepper info If you want to avoid the heat of chiles but also want the vitamin C and beta-carotene, just eat red bell peppers. You won't get the benefits of the capsaicin, but they are still plenty good for you.
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nator Member (Idle past 2160 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
Wow, Crash, I might just have to crush on you a little bit if you keep feeding me your self-invented food porn. quote: Here, I found one of you on the internet:
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crashfrog Member (Idle past 1457 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: |
Ah, they got my good side, I see.
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Jazzns Member (Idle past 3901 days) Posts: 2657 From: A Better America Joined: |
Your problem is that it seems like you are using chili as a spice rather than a straight up food. If you are ever in Albuquerque drop me a line and I'll hook you up. =)
This message has been edited by Jazzns, 03-27-2006 07:48 AM Of course, biblical creationists are committed to belief in God's written Word, the Bible, which forbids bearing false witness; --AIG (lest they forget)
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Silent H Member (Idle past 5809 days) Posts: 7405 From: satellite of love Joined: |
As I don't like stews, what is another good way to prepare a chili to eat which maintains its healthy qualities?
holmes "Some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." (Lovecraft)
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crashfrog Member (Idle past 1457 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: |
Chile rellenos? My dad loves em. Or you could stuff the peppers with something else. Big chiles will be a lot less spicy (especially once the seeds and white stuff are trimmed out. Don't touch your eyes after you do that, though, or wear gloves. I made that mistake - once.)
This message has been edited by crashfrog, 03-27-2006 04:05 PM
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Silent H Member (Idle past 5809 days) Posts: 7405 From: satellite of love Joined: |
Big chiles will be a lot less spicy (especially once the seeds and white stuff are trimmed out.
From schraf's link and some other things I've looked into, it seems that the capsaicin which is supposed to provide the cancer benefits is found within the seeds. Is this true and if so, doesn't removing the seeds destroy all benefits? holmes "Some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." (Lovecraft)
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macaroniandcheese  Suspended Member (Idle past 3918 days) Posts: 4258 Joined: |
oh god chile rellenos. *creams*
can you give me a good recipe? i've had excellent ones and icky ones at restaurants and i'm terrified of doing it myself (heh.)
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macaroniandcheese  Suspended Member (Idle past 3918 days) Posts: 4258 Joined: |
not altogether, but yes, most of the capsaicin is in the seeds. but most people can't take the heat. even bell pepper seeds have some. just try to eat as much as you can without um. roasting.
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Jazzns Member (Idle past 3901 days) Posts: 2657 From: A Better America Joined: |
crash mentioned rellenos which are good.
New Mexican green chili enchiladas are my favorite place to each chili if I am eating new mexican food. You can't really get these anywhere outside of the state that I have found. Maybe in a couple of hole in the wall places in the surrounding states. In terms of mexican or new mexican food green chili is a base in burritos, fajitas, navajo tacos, and probably more that I am not thinking of. Here though we put green chili on everything. It is a pizza topping, a hamburger add-on. You can put it in a salad, stuff chicken with it, make pasta with it. The standard fare you can probably import in frozen form, maybe, is Bueno or NM Tortilla Co. but those are not as good as fresh. Then again in most cases nothing is as good as fresh. Of course, biblical creationists are committed to belief in God's written Word, the Bible, which forbids bearing false witness; --AIG (lest they forget)
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Jazzns Member (Idle past 3901 days) Posts: 2657 From: A Better America Joined: |
I can give recipies for enchiladas to whomever wants them too. As long as you can get ahold of the chili. Red chili enchiladas are also not bad and it might be easier to get ahold of red chili outside of NM or so I have heard.
Of course, biblical creationists are committed to belief in God's written Word, the Bible, which forbids bearing false witness; --AIG (lest they forget)
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crashfrog Member (Idle past 1457 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: |
Is this true and if so, doesn't removing the seeds destroy all benefits? I don't know how much capsaicin you need for the benefit, so I'm not sure. The flesh of the pepper has plenty, it isn't located just in the seeds and white stuff but it is most concentrated there. If you don't like chiles, or overly spicy foods, leaving the seeds in is going to result in food you don't want to eat, and you don't get any benefits if you don't eat it. The whole foods store where I used to live actually sold pill machines, so I guess you could theoretically press the seeds, or some kind of seed extract, into pill form where it wouldn't burn your mouth on the way down.
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crashfrog Member (Idle past 1457 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: |
can you give me a good recipe? I can't, sorry. I don't really like them so I don't know how to make them. Like I said it's my dad who really likes them.
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