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Green Peppers

GREEN PEPPERS – Fun Food Facts

Green peppers are actually fruits. These peppers are the under ripened fruit of the capsicum annum plant, and when ripe turn red. Green peppers do NOT produce capsaicin {spicy heat} and are nightshades that contain glycoalkaloids – a naturally occurring pesticides…harmful ONLY to bugs, though.(sources : Nutrition Data; Diagnosis Diet)