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Why is Kim Chi good for people`s diet

Jack Challum in The Nutrition Detective found that selenium deficiencies are responsible for ailments like the flu , the Ebola epidemic , and AIDs . Selenium , found in garlic is also a major source of glutathione , which is a substance the body makes from amino acids glutamine , cysteine , and glutamic acid Glutathione peroxidase is a vitamin C booster . Therefore , since garlic 's selenium boosts and preserves the amount of vitamin C in the body and vitamin C is responsible for transporting fat molecules across cell walls to fuel muscle cells , both garlic and vegetables keep

the body thinner and more energetic

Another kimchi ingredient that vitamin C is very common in is chili peppers . Hot peppers are known to have the highest concentration of Vitamin C out of every known food (Pauling ,

.61 . It is considered to be a well known fact in the dietary world that peppers have ten times the amount of Vitamin C than any other food , and good Korean kumchi is known to use a lot . In addition to this , capsaicin , the ingredient that makes the peppers hot is also known to alleviate the pain of arthritis

The core source of kimchi 's health benefits can be found in the fact that its ingredients are traditionally organic and 100 natural . The fruits and vegetables of which kimchi consists are all major sources of fiber , minerals , enzymes , phytochemicals , and vitamins . As previously shown this is especially true of Vitamin C . Broccoli is an example that is very commonly used to prepare kimchi , and it known to have more vitamin C than can be found in an orange , while still being a substantial source of minerals and phytochemicals . This also puts kimchi at a disadvantage competing with most western foods , considering that a large majority of our foods are inorganic...

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