Spicy Food: fact or myth
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kenyonhaff wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »You can out-eat an 8% metabolic advantage pretty easily.
That would be only an extra 120 calories a day for me. FML.
Not that I think it's true, but I don't think I could eat much spicier food. What about cinnamon? That's another miracle food.
Again....if thay were true doctors would be handing out cinnamon pills for overweight people.
There are no magic foods. Just food of different quality and components.
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What about the fact that you drink lots of water when you eat spicy food?!
Although, some people like beer with spicy food which would negate any calories burn.
I was going to mention this. My husband makes a fire hot chili, I drink sooo much water while eating it that i get full up after only eating half. Whereas if the chili wasn't in there I'd be able to eat the whole lot!
So my n=1 is spicy dishes make me guzzle water, which in turn makes me eat less which then creates a larger deficit
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PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »I am living proof that spicy food makes no appreciable difference in weight loss.
Same here. Hot sauce/super hot peppers are like one of my four food groups. I ought to be skinny by now!0 -
If it's really REALLY hot then it might slow down scarfing or reduce the qty you can eat
I knew a BBQ joint that had such an ultimate hot sauce, you applied it with a toothpick.1 -
Christine_72 wrote: »What about the fact that you drink lots of water when you eat spicy food?!
Although, some people like beer with spicy food which would negate any calories burn.
I was going to mention this. My husband makes a fire hot chili, I drink sooo much water while eating it that i get full up after only eating half. Whereas if the chili wasn't in there I'd be able to eat the whole lot!
So my n=1 is spicy dishes make me guzzle water, which in turn makes me eat less which then creates a larger deficit
That's what I was getting at.
Unless you drink beer 0 -
Christine_72 wrote: »What about the fact that you drink lots of water when you eat spicy food?!
Although, some people like beer with spicy food which would negate any calories burn.
I was going to mention this. My husband makes a fire hot chili, I drink sooo much water while eating it that i get full up after only eating half. Whereas if the chili wasn't in there I'd be able to eat the whole lot!
So my n=1 is spicy dishes make me guzzle water, which in turn makes me eat less which then creates a larger deficit
That's what I was getting at.
Unless you drink beer
Yes true. Beer or any alcohol is so NOT thirst quenching for me, it would be torturous trying to quell the burn with booze.
My health food store has a vast variety of capsaicin capsules in the "weight loss" section, I call BS on those. I can just picture people popping them all day long like lollies...0 -
Myth, but darn is spicy food tasty!1
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nicolepburgess91 wrote: »So according to an article I read (cited at the bottom) capsaicin can raise your metabolism by up to 8%. Well, I love spicy anything. And if this is true, I will eat everything spicy. Haha not everything. But more than I eat of spicy foods now. But I know, you can't believe everything you read on the internet.
So does anyone know of those claim is fact or myth?
Cite source:http://www.medicaldaily.com/weight-loss-foods-eat-spicy-help-you-achieve-your-weight-loss-goals-325200
It says it will temporarily raise metabolism 8%. I usually feel the effects of spicy food for a couple of minutes, but let's get dramatic and say it lasts for an hour. My maintenance is 1800 cals, or 75 cals per hour. 8% of 75 is 6. So I would burn 6 extra calories. Even if I ate spicy food every hour I'm awake, that would be an extra 6 x 17 or 102 extra calories. Sorry
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Intriguing, the aspect it was clear on was 40% of the calorie burn came from heating up the water after drinking.
So drinking ice water should give twice the burn. Maybe there is also a future for the cold shower, or shiver diet.0 -
janejellyroll wrote: »
Sure it will. You burn extra calories everytime you have to run to the bathroom.2 -
I don't notice a metabolism lift, but it does lift my mood! Temporary though.0
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cmriverside wrote: »You can out-eat an 8% metabolic advantage pretty easily.
That would be only an extra 120 calories a day for me. FML.
Not that I think it's true, but I don't think I could eat much spicier food. What about cinnamon? That's another miracle food.
Also it doesn't raise it for 24 hours to begin with, so we're looking at maybe 2-3 hours of 8% extra.1 -
Unless you were to consume pure capsaicin the calories in chillis/hot sauce/peppers would probably outweigh the thermogenic effects.1
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I have not read all the responses, but realize that how capsaicin boosts metabolism is by irritating or stressing your body. That is why a person gets hot when they eat something really spicy. However, if you regularly eat spicy food, your body adapts. You can see that adaptation in the fact that when you first try a spicy food, you get hot and sweaty. However, if you then incorporate that same spicy food as a regular part of your diet, the effect lessens over time. Your body is very good at maintaining your metabolic rate where it is. Those slight boosts through things like hot peppers, are adapted to fairly rapidly, so that 8% would decrease to a point it has not effect.0
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On a test with 14 people, they found a small impact when people drank 2 liters of water. That doesn't seem significant enough to note.0 -
I love spicy food!!!!0
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I literally put hot sauce on everything and eat jalapenos everyday. My TDEE is still only 1800.0
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