Is ground pepper good/bad for you?
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Supposed to be pretty good for you, helps absorption of vitamins etc. Interestingly there are a number of salady type leaves that inhibit vitamin and mineral digestion as a way of deterring predators. So us "salad dodgers" (I like to think of myself as a conscientious objector) can say it is for our own good 

Ordinary Bloke said:
I think it could be on the extremely short list of things that taste good and are not bad for you, along with shell-on-peas, cherry tomatoes, oranges and ice-cream. I did get it right about the ice-cream, didn't I?
I hope its right about cherry tomatoes, I have 6 rather prodigious plants in the greenhouse. Sweet, tangy, and tasting of tomatoes. Which is quite unusual with tomatoes nowadays.Zad said:
Ordinary Bloke said:
I think it could be on the extremely short list of things that taste good and are not bad for you, along with shell-on-peas, cherry tomatoes, oranges and ice-cream. I did get it right about the ice-cream, didn't I?
I hope its right about cherry tomatoes, I have 6 rather prodigious plants in the greenhouse. Sweet, tangy, and tasting of tomatoes. Which is quite unusual with tomatoes nowadays.
Someone has to Wiki it:
Pepper as a medicine
'There's certainly too much pepper in that soup!' Alice said to herself, as well as she could for sneezing. — Alice in Wonderland (1865). Chapter VI: Pig and Pepper. Note the cook's pepper mill.Like all eastern spices, pepper was historically both a seasoning and a medicine. Long pepper, being stronger, was often the preferred medication, but both were used.
Black peppercorns figure in remedies in Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani medicine in India. The 5th century Syriac Book of Medicines prescribes pepper (or perhaps long pepper) for such illnesses as constipation, diarrhea, earache, gangrene, heart disease, hernia, hoarseness, indigestion, insect bites, insomnia, joint pain, liver problems, lung disease, oral abscesses, sunburn, tooth decay, and toothaches.[23] Various sources from the 5th century onward also recommend pepper to treat eye problems, often by applying salves or poultices made with pepper directly to the eye. There is no current medical evidence that any of these treatments has any benefit; pepper applied directly to the eye would be quite uncomfortable and possibly damaging.[24]
OK, back to the grind...
Pepper as a medicine
'There's certainly too much pepper in that soup!' Alice said to herself, as well as she could for sneezing. — Alice in Wonderland (1865). Chapter VI: Pig and Pepper. Note the cook's pepper mill.Like all eastern spices, pepper was historically both a seasoning and a medicine. Long pepper, being stronger, was often the preferred medication, but both were used.
Black peppercorns figure in remedies in Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani medicine in India. The 5th century Syriac Book of Medicines prescribes pepper (or perhaps long pepper) for such illnesses as constipation, diarrhea, earache, gangrene, heart disease, hernia, hoarseness, indigestion, insect bites, insomnia, joint pain, liver problems, lung disease, oral abscesses, sunburn, tooth decay, and toothaches.[23] Various sources from the 5th century onward also recommend pepper to treat eye problems, often by applying salves or poultices made with pepper directly to the eye. There is no current medical evidence that any of these treatments has any benefit; pepper applied directly to the eye would be quite uncomfortable and possibly damaging.[24]
OK, back to the grind...

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