Can Eating Spicy Foods Help You Lose Weight?
- Dietitian.Lauren Hmede
- May 2, 2019
- 1 min read
Introduction:
A new study suggest that spicy food could help in wieght loss and new supplements in the market are clamied for belly shrinking effect of capsaicin.
Capsaicin is the compound that gives peppers their heat and this could increase sweating just like you are exercising.
Research shows that consuming capsaicin, usually in concentrated pill form, can increase a person’s metabolic rate. The calories burn from this increase often only amount to about 50 to 70 extra calories a day, and that that effect only occurred in people with a BMI of 25 or higher, according to a 2018 meta-analysis by
Supplements at markets will tell you that capsaicin can help you lose weight by “activating” your brown fat (the stuff that keeps you warm and burns calories) and improve your insulin control. And others still will tell you capsaicin may help reign in your appetite.
Capsaicin is not the treatment for weight loss, it may help in burning calories but along with approriate diet. Moreover, too much from supplements can cause stomach cramps and ulcers, as well as general gastric irritation and a burning sensation. T
All this said, there’s nothing wrong with hot sauce. It contains very few calories for tons of flavor.
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