{"id":41639,"date":"2011-02-04T12:17:51","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T17:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=41639"},"modified":"2011-02-04T12:18:33","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T17:18:33","slug":"the-new-mexico-diet-rich-in-healthy-green-chilies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/the-new-mexico-diet-rich-in-healthy-green-chilies\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Mexico Diet Rich in Healthy Green Chilies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"The New Mexico Diet Rich in Healthy Green Chilies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/the-new-mexico-diet-rich-in-healthy-green-chilies\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-42208\" title=\"42-15325014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/green-chili.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a>New Mexico is known for cuisine that reflects the combination of the Native American, Mexican, Spanish, and American cultural\u00a0traditions. A few of the most common foods found in this style of diet are blue corn, enchiladas, sopapillas, and red and green chilies. Green chilies\u00a0are harvested when\u00a0they are\u00a0green and turn to a red color as\u00a0they ripen. Green chilies\u00a0are\u00a0typically known for\u00a0their somewhat mild, bitter taste\u00a0and sinus cleansing heat, but the nutritional benefits are often overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>Green chilies are extremely rich in vitamins A and C (the dried version higher in <strong><a title=\"Vitamin A\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/vitamin-guide-from-a-to-zinc-vitamin-a\/\" target=\"_self\">vitamin A<\/a><\/strong> while the raw or fresh version is higher in <strong><a title=\"Vitamin C\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/vitamin-guide-a-to-zinc-vitamin-c\/\" target=\"_self\">vitamin C<\/a><\/strong>). In fact, a single\u00a0green chili contains six times\u00a0more vitamin C than an average sized\u00a0orange. Green chilies are also a good source of the antioxidant beta-carotene, vitamin B and E, and iron and potassium which allows\u00a0them to help block the body&#8217;s absorption of cholesterol and help promotes normal body functioning.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Due to the &#8220;heat&#8221; of the green chilies, the metabolism is sparked allowing it to burn more calories while trying to cool down the body. So, with that being said, give green chilies a try and check below for some green chili food options.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Beef and Bean Entree\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/beef-and-bean-entree\/\" target=\"_self\">Atkins Beef and Bean Entree<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Quick and Easy Chicken Chili\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/quick-and-easy-chicken-chili\/\" target=\"_self\">Quick and Easy Chicken Chili<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Salsa Bean Dip\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/salsa-bean-dip\/\" target=\"_self\">Salsa Bean Dip<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Mexico is known for cuisine that reflects the combination of the Native American, Mexican, Spanish, and American cultural\u00a0traditions. A few of the most common foods found in this style of diet are blue corn, enchiladas, sopapillas, and red and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/the-new-mexico-diet-rich-in-healthy-green-chilies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695,16],"tags":[219,2701,7505,7504,7503,1658,2664,2436,543,2807],"class_list":["post-41639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-recipes","tag-antioxidants","tag-beta-carotene","tag-electrolyte","tag-iron","tag-new-mexico","tag-potassium","tag-vitamin-a","tag-vitamin-b","tag-vitamin-c","tag-vitamin-e"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41639"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42210,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41639\/revisions\/42210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}