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So I've done quite a few videos on different spices, but I have not done one on paprika.

So we're going to talk about the health benefits of paprika.

So paprika is made from dried red peppers, the mild versions, and it became very popular in Hungary in the late 19th century.

So when we're talking about the health benefits of spices, we're talking about the various phytonutrients in spices, and they're usually connected to color, pigments. And so in paprika,

we have various colors ranging from yellow to orange to red.

So let's start with the yellow and orange pigment phytonutrients. Okay, you have alpha carotene

and beta carotene. These are precursors to vitamin A. But the benefits from paprika are not

actually vitamin A. It's in the actual precursors to vitamin A. But the benefits from paprika are not actually vitamin A. It's in the actual precursors

to vitamin A, both alpha-carotene and beta-carotene. Then we have another one called ziazanthin,

and paprika is loaded with zanthin. And then we have lutein. So both ziazantin and lutein are great for the eye in preventing age-related macular

degeneration, as well as cataracts. Then we have another one called beta-crypto-zanthin,

and those are all the yellow-orange pigments. And then we get into the red pigments,

which include cap-zantinsanthan and cap sorubin.

So collectively, all these phytonutrient chemicals create some really cool effects in the eye,

in protecting the eye against degenerative problems. You have anti-inflammatory properties.

You have anti-cancer risk. They have

potential anti-cancer properties. Now when I say potential, I mean, it's really impossible to isolate

and do a study on these phytonutrients to help you with cancer because there's so many

variables. You have the diet. you have the person's history,

but there is some exciting research on the potential of contributing to decreasing the risk of cancer.

So it's something that could help you. They also show potential anti-diabetic effects. The same thing

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