Spicy Hot

Tracyfishcarp

Does eating spicy hot food help burn more calories?

Smuterella

No

treetop57

Depends on how much they make you jump around in pain. Otherwise, no.

papastu

http://www.livestrong.com/article/421532-can-spicy-food-help-you-lose-weight/


Capsaicin is the spicy part of the pepper that may make your mouth feel aflame. It is also one reason why eating spicy foods like peppers may aid in weight loss. Capsaicin has been shown to slightly increase metabolism, and act as an appetite suppressant. According to a 1999 study in the "British Journal of Nutrition," people who included red peppers with their appetizer before lunch ate less during the meal and in their afternoon snacks.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/421532-can-spicy-food-help-you-lose-weight/#ixzz1oGfye6Jd

michelletyler38

I've heard it does..... :huh:

treetop57

Apparently, there is a small effect in addition to the calories burned from dancing in pain:

For the research, published in the journal Physiology & Behavior, scientists at Purdue studied the effect of just half a teaspoon of cayenne pepper on a group of 25 diners.

While hot red pepper has been studied before as an appetite suppressant, this study was notable in that it compared people who liked spicy food with those who did not. At various times, diners were given a bowl of tomato soup laced with a half teaspoon of pepper, plain tomato soup, or plain tomato soup with a supplement of red pepper in pill form.

The effect was greater among diners who didn’t regularly consume spicy meals. Among that group, adding red pepper to the soup was associated with eating an average of 60 fewer calories at the next meal compared with when they ate plain soup. For both groups who ate red pepper in food, the spice also appeared to increase the metabolism and cause the body to burn an extra 10 calories on its own.

“We found that when individuals consumed the red pepper in the soup rather than the supplement, they burned more calories,” said Mary-Jon Ludy, who conducted the research as a student at Purdue and will join the faculty of Bowling Green State University. “There is something special about experiencing the burn from the red pepper.”

The researchers were careful not to make too much of their findings. The effects of the cayenne pepper were real but modest, they said, adding that dieters may become desensitized to the effect of red pepper as they grow accustomed to eating spicy foods.

“We’re not at all proposing that this is any miracle cure for obesity,” said the senior author, Richard D. Mattes, a professor of food and nutrition at Purdue. “This is a small change with a small effect that is achievable by making just a small change in the diet. It goes in the right direction.”

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/adding-food-and-subtracting-calories/

misscaligreen

spicy hot food = deliciousness If it actually helps aid in weight loss that's even better! I have heard that it does but I have no clue if it is true or not.