How Spicy Food Can Help You Lose Weight

Have you ever walked into a hot wings restaurant and scoffed at how ridiculous it must be to try the really hot flavors? I mean, who in their right mind would want to eat something that hot?

What if we told you that spicy food could actually help you to lose weight?

Oh, we have your attention now, don't we?

Spicy food, especially peppers, contain an active ingredient called capsicum - and this ingredient has been shown on multiple occasions to help your body burn more fat and assist you in weight loss.

See how spicy food can help you lose more weight...

Spicy Food Raises The Body’s Thermogenic Effect

Perhaps the most obvious way that spicy food helps you to lose weight is that it causes a natural reaction that contributes to weight loss.

Think back to a time where you had eaten something spicy - did it make you sweat, heat up your body, and perhaps even cause you to run around the house looking for water? This, in many cases, is known as the thermic effect of food.

All foods have a thermic effect, and some are much higher than others. For example, vegetables have a very low thermic effect because they’re not difficult for your body to digest, but they still need to be “heated” in order to become digested and metabolized.

On the other hand, spicy foods like peppers have a much higher thermic effect. They literally heat up your body and can cause sweating, panting and, in serious cases, running for water.

This thermic effect causes your body to burn more calories. Luckily, you don’t need to eat a bunch of spicy peppers to have this effect.

Even a small dosage of capsicum can help to increase your body's thermogenic effect and result in additional weight loss.

Spicy Foods Cause More Efficient Fat Oxidation

This is the best and most important reason why, if you are trying to lose weight, to include peppers or capsicum into your routine.

Capsicum has been shown in many clinical studies to boost your body's ability to oxidize fat. By this we mean utilize fat as fuel.

You want your body to use any fat stores that you might have when it needs fuel. If it doesn’t use fat, then it uses muscle, which not only leaves the fat intact, but also reduces your muscle mass.

So, if you’re exercising, for example, you certainly want your body to burn up as much fat as it can. Indeed, this might be your only reason for working out!

The benefits of this are twofold:

1. You can use it more readily as energy for a workout.

2. You can use it to increase your energy levels, since fat is very calorically dense.

Looking Forward

So, as you can see, years of research has shown that capsicum, an active ingredient in peppers, can be manipulated in order to boost your body’s ability to maximize weight loss. Take advantage of this natural process of your body and enjoy more spicy food!

How to Lose More Fat, Faster and Safer

Take a moment to think back to the last time you tried to diet. Did you start off by drastically limiting your intake of food, or maybe by reducing your intake of carbs or fats?

Far too many people who decide to lose weight immediately start to make drastic changes to their diet and lifestyle without thinking about the best possible, most well-researched methods for weight loss.

For your best results, your weight loss process needs to be safe, effective, and even fun and engaging to commit to.

The Problem With Most Weight Loss Programs

Maybe you thought about how hard this process of losing weight was going to be and decided that you would try a weight loss program.

The only issue that these programs have is they are generally not specific to the person - in this case, you.

Yes, generally eating in moderation with nutritious foods can lead to weight loss ‒ but in some cases, it may only be a short-term fix to a long-term goal.

In order for you to make sustainable weight loss, your dietary needs should be completely specific to you. The question then arises, how do we create a plan that is specific to our lifestyle, body type, and specific goals?

Solving the Weight Loss Challenge

Fixing weight loss challenges isn’t always an easy feat. Maybe you struggle, not because it is overly difficult, but because you haven’t planned or prepared enough for the task ahead of you ‒ or perhaps your program isn’t built with your needs in mind.

For example, you could have a program that is built for high-fat, but your body isn’t built well to handle these demands.

After eating high-fat for a couple weeks, you may see a slight reduction in total weight, but this process could plateau or worse, make you ill.

Consider these essential things to lose weight effectively:

1. Your ethnicity.

Your cultural background affects what is best for you to eat.

◦ For example, chances are if you come from a Mediterranean background, your body will best adapt to a diet that is plentiful in fish, grains, and fruit. This is what your ancestors have eaten for generations.

◦ Try out the foods that your parents and their parents would have eaten.

2. Your body type. T

here are three main body types: ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph. Ensuring that you have a brief understanding of which body type you fall into best will help you to eat the correct number of macronutrients.

◦ For example, ectomorph body types have a much better usage rate for carbohydrates, whereas endomorphs are much better at using fats.

◦ Understanding which body type you fit into will help to eat the correct foods, specific to your body.

3. Any exercise is better than no exercise.

Many people get stuck when they start to exercise. They think that what they’re doing could be wrong, harmful, or even not enough to be effective, so they stop.

◦ Instead, think about this from the idea that any exercise is better than none. Instead of being hesitant to drop down into a set of pushups, just do it.

◦ Keep your training simple. Start with 30 minutes of strength-related exercises and finish with 30 minutes of cardio conditioning. Complete this simple routine 3-4 times a week and watch as you start to lose weight quickly and effectively. Most importantly, the weight stays off.

Ensure that you’re taking a smart approach to your diet and exercise plan. Do your best to avoid generic programs or strange diet fads that are just as confusing as the food they want you to eat.

Eat fresh food and consider where your parents came from.

Eating food that is similar to the generations of food before them will be very easy for your body to handle.

Learn more about your health online when you read the rest of our information here about: Weight Loss guide and also download the free health report available there!

Warren Tattersall has been a full time nutritional consultant for over 35 years and works with people all over the world to help them improve their health, increase their personal energy levels and to use supplements to assist with diet related health issues.

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