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damage that can lead not only to disease but also to wrinkles, cataracts, and other aging problems.
In addition, red peppers supply the phytonutrient compounds lutein and zeaxanthin, both of which have been shown to protect against macular degeneration, the main cause of visual impairment in the elderly.
Tips:
To cook or not to cook? You benefit either way. Raw peppers retain the most vitamin C, which is easily destroyed in cooking. But cooking releases beta-carotene from peppers, making it more available to your body. So eat them raw in salads and sandwiches as well as lightly grilled or sautéed.
Eat peppers with a little bit of fat to help your body absorb the most beta-carotene.
Peppers' naturally waxy skin helps protect them from damaging oxidation, so their vitamin content remains intact even after several weeks. Refrigeration keeps them fresh longest.
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For every 1 percent you lower your cholesterol, your risk of heart disease drops 2 percent.
Red Wine
Lowers cholesterol
Helps prevent blood clots
Fights infection
May help prevent heart and circulatory disease
Wine has a long history as a healing food: the Jewish Talmud termed it "the foremost of all medicines." But most people consume it for pleasure, not as a preventive measure, and in recent times its health benefits have been largely forgotten. Now that nutritionists have given thumbs up to the wine-friendly Mediterranean diet, wine has

 
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