Contents:
- Medical Video: What You Really Need To Know About Tabasco
- Nutritional value in Tabasco sauce
- Is Tabasco sauce beneficial for body health?
- Then, is Tabasco sauce safe for consumption at frequent frequencies?
Medical Video: What You Really Need To Know About Tabasco
For you Western food lovers, you must be familiar with tabasco sauce which tastes quite spicy and slightly sour. Tabasco is usually used as a friend to eat steak or pasta. Are you curious, does Tabasco sauce contain the same health benefits as chili in Indonesian local spicy food? Or vice versa, is it bad for health?
Nutritional value in Tabasco sauce
The Tabasco sauce itself is almost the same as the chili sauce or soy sauce packaging that you consume every day.Tabasco sauce itself is made from a mixture of vinegar, salt, and chili.
This sauce does not contain special nutrients and does not have many calories. One teaspoon of this sauce only contains 1 calorie. This red sauce does not contain carbohydrates, fat or protein.
Is Tabasco sauce beneficial for body health?
One of the basic ingredients of Tabasco sauce is chili. The active ingredient that makes chili taste spicy, capsaicin, has its own benefits for health.
In several studies, such as the study reported in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, states that consumption of capsaicin can help reduce high cholesterol levels, which is good for the heart. While other studies report that capsaicin can reduce pain and help you lose weight.
Capsaicin contained in chili is similar to compounds found in many decongestant medicinal herbs. The more spicy your sauce is, the more runny your nose will be. This effect can relieve symptoms of colds and flu, as well as sinusitis.
Therefore, there are some people who think that eating tabasco sauce can also have a good impact on health because it contains capsaicin. However, until now, there is no scientific evidence that states that tabasco itself is good for daily consumption for health.
Then, is Tabasco sauce safe for consumption at frequent frequencies?
The biggest content in Tabasco sauce is sodium, aka salt. So, this sauce is not recommended for use every time you eat. Especially if you have high blood pressure. Too much salt intake can increase blood pressure.
Suggested sodium intake in a day for people who are healthy and do not have a history of high blood pressure or heart disease, which is less than 2300 mg per day. If you consume too much tabasco, then this will increase your total sodium intake in one day. Not to mention calculating salt intake from other food menus that you consume that day.
Meanwhile, for those of you who have high blood pressure or certain chronic diseases, you will usually be adjusted to the maximum limit of your daily sodium intake, depending on your current health condition. To find out more details, you can consult a nutritionist and ask for the right diet for you.
