Black pepper, weight loss, good for cold

Black Pepper
Among the dozens of health benefits of this common household ingredient is its ability to improve digestion and promote the absorption of nutrients in tissues all over the body. Plus, its main component—piperine (which gives pepper its pungent taste)—boosts fat metabolism by as much as 8% for several hours after ingesting it. If you want your pepper to pack the most punch, use freshly ground pepper, which has the most concentrated amounts of piperine.



black pepper is also useful when one has cold, by making a drink of black pepper 2 crushed, 1 " ginger piece cut into small pieces, 15- 20 tulsi/ basil leaves washed well, all boiled in 2 glasses of water for about 5 minutes. Strain it, divide it into 3 portions, drink it 3 times a day as hot as possible, it can be drunk plain, or those who can't stand the smell of basil/ tulsi, may add 1 tsp of sugar/ honey. each time you drink, the next doses,it can warmed in the microwave/ gas. By taking this drink for 2-3 days, one feels better when one has cold.