Want to boost your metabolism, burn more fat, and lose weight faster? Just heat up your plate!
Apparently, adding hot peppers or other spicy ingredients to your food not only boosts your calorie burning abilities, it may help curb your appetite. There is evidence that capsaicin, the active ingredient in jalapenos, cayenne, red pepper flakes, and hot sauces, may help prevent the "I'm hungry" message from reaching your brain. It also activates 20 different fat-burning proteins, which enables you to burn calories faster. In addition, capsaicin may inhibit the growth of certain cancer cells, ease pain, prevent heart attacks, and kill the bacteria that cause stomach ulcers. Sounds like a small miracle to me!
Add spice to your diet with fresh chiles (jalapeno, poblano, Hatch, habanero), dried red pepper flakes, ground cayenne pepper, hot curry powder, or sauces such as Tabasco or Sriracha. Feel the burn in a whole new way!
Do you have a favorite spicy recipe? Please share it in a comment!
2 comments:
Hot mango from the European market at 16th St. and Bell is fabulous on curries, but also great with any vegie. Hot and spicey with a bit of a tang from the green mango. Makes my mouth water to think about it!!
Thanks for the lovely new photo.
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