SC - oop - healthfulness of black pepper - a query

[Erika Thomenius]

>"I use white or cayenne, black pepper is not as healthy"
>
>I have never heard this one  before (I seem to be on a faddish List >or 2 - 
>the recipes are good, so I stay,  but shake my head a lot!) >and I wonder 
>if people here would care to comment on the >healthfulness or otherwise of 
>black pepper?
>

Bwah?  It's a spice, not a food group!

But as someone who regularly gets inflicted with the latest health food 
updates from an otherwise dear friend, I hadn't heard that black pepper was 
bad...

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