Chilies contain antioxidants and immune system booster like Vitamin C. Adding chilies to your food can help your body to burn calories faster, up to 45 calories more per meal compared to bland foods. It also speeds up your metabolism so that you use more stored energy such as fatty tissue throughout the day. Chilies are the most common replacement for fat and salt in your diet, as the flavours of the foods are enhanced sufficiently with the ingredients themselves. When people eat the hotter peppers, they experience pain in their mouths and throats. The nervous system reacts to the temporary pain by releasing morphine-like endorphins.
Fresh chilies offer some of the highest sources of vitamin C available from any vegetable.
As chilies turn from green to red and when they're dried, they lose most of their vitamin C, but the vitamin A becomes concentrated in high quantities, up to 100 times in dried peppers. Bird's eye chilies are mainly found throughout Asia. When using chilies of any kind, make sure you add a little at a time and taste before adding more. Chilies within the same species, such as bird's eye, can vary in the degree of hotness. Serranos, poblanos and jalapenos are found as native species in the Americas.