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One of the main reasons people put black pepper on their food is to enhance the flavour of the food. Some types of black pepper also add a little bit of spice, which some people prefer, over salty or bland food.
Other than that, black pepper is also a digestion aid. The pepper encourages the stomach to release more hydrochloric acid, which means food is more thoroughly broken down, digestion is smoother and more nutrients are "absorbed" from the food in your small intestines. There will also be less wasted nutrients for bacteria in the large intestines to consume, so less gas is produced. This makes black pepper a carminative (a herb that prevents or lowers intestinal gasses). Black pepper is recommended by doctors to people who tend to be prone to producing too much gas.
Black pepper, like red pepper, also has a thermogenic effect. The spice stimulates your metabolism and temporarily increases body heat. This will also mean that more calories will be burned. Which is why ingesting black pepper is good for dieting and why athletes usually eat pepper with meals before sporting events
Black pepper is also high in manganese and Vitamin K. Manganese is an enzyme activator which are needed to process other vitamins in your food, like vitamin C. Vitamin K is a vital vitamin that enables blood to clot when injured.
Black pepper loses flavour and aroma through evaporation. Light can also react with and break down the piperine in the pepper.
The best way to store pepper is in an air-tight pepper mill which is not transparent to prevent air, moisture and light getting to it (for example the ones made of wood you see in restaurants are best. But the clear plastic ones that are common in stores allow light to degrade the pepper and plastics are prone to trapping moisture in the form of condensation).
Ready-grounded pepper is already likely to have lost most of its flavour through evaporation before it was packaged, so it's always better to buy them as peppercorns and crush them yourself by means of a pepper mill, rather than buying it ready-grounded.
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