![]() ![]() Mustard seedsĬook with the seeds, not the sauce. Cayenne pepperĬapsaicin, the compound that gives peppers their heat, triggers fight-or-flight hormones including adrenaline and norepinephrine, helping to regulate your heartbeat and breathing, and mobilising fat for your body to use. Bonus: it also increases the bioavailability of other nutrients, effectively making the rest of your meal more nutritious. Saffron was also noted to be the most effective of the three groups in suppressing appetite and food intake, showing that, in this scenario, the spice as a whole has more benefits than the pigment alone.A substance called piperine in pepper blocks the formation of new fat cells. Patients in the saffron group had significantly decreases in BMI, waist circumference and fat mass 20 compared to the crocin group. However, a clinical trial of 84 patients with coronary artery disease were randomized to either receive 30 milligrams of saffron in a water solution, 30 milligrams crocin (the main pigment in saffron), or a placebo. This may indicate that saffron can affect satiety or lower appetite, but since this study was done in animals, it’s difficult to correlate those measures. In one preclinical study, rats who were being fed a high fat diet that also received saffron extract supplementation had significantly decreased food intake 19 compared to just eating the high fat diet alone. Research suggests that saffron may be beneficial in the treatment of heart disease, high blood pressure, stomach conditions, and more 18. Saffron, dubbed the most expensive spice in the world, is found in many Mediterranean and Asian dishes and is known for its golden hue in foods. So if you don’t eat spicy foods now, consider this is your cue to start. Another interesting finding from this study was that these effects were even more amplified in people who didn’t regularly consume spicy foods. This indicates that the body was producing more heat, and therefore burning more calories. This study did find that 0.9 grams of red pepper consumption enhanced thermogenesis in participants. ![]() In one study of 24 people, researchers investigated the effects of 0.9 grams of red pepper (0.25% capsaicin) added to tomato juice for a spicy concoction and found a significant reduction in energy (or calories) and fat intake 2 after consumption.Īnother study of 25 people wanted to see if there was a difference in thermogenesis after red pepper consumption 3 between people who regularly consume spicy foods and people who don’t. ![]() The hotter a pepper is, the more capsaicin it will have.Ĭapsaicin is known to target the nervous system and has been shown to increase satiety and thermogenesis 1 (which refers to your body’s ability to produce heat from burning calories), all of which affect weight loss. Capsaicin is a member of the capsicum family, which includes bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, and other chili peppers. Capsaicin is the active, and pungent, ingredient of cayenne pepper, giving the spice its signature kick, as well as its health benefits. The sweat you work up after eating a lot of this spice is bound to burn calories right? Not quite, but it’s also not far off.
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