Didn’t we kinda know this anyway? A whole industry has been spawned making chilli diet based pills!. But anyhow, scientists have confirmed that eating chilli really can help you lose weight, hurrah. The ingredient that makes this all happen is called capsaicin. And on a serious note it could prevent you from getting bowel cancer. Read and find out what the Daily Mail has to say about it. I hope you love fiery foods, I know I do. Curry tonight anyone?

Eating chilli really CAN help you lose weight: Compound which gives peppers their fire helps speed up metabolism

• Capsaicin – which gives chillies their heat – could help prevent obesity
• It stimulates the body to burn energy and create heat – burning off fat
• Researchers believe it induces ‘bad’ white fat ‘ to become ‘good’ brown fat
• Brown fat burns calories in order to create heat – managing weight

It’s long been thought that chillies can help us lose weight.

Now, new research has proved the fiery food can aid weight loss by speeding up metabolism.  

A study found capsaicin – the ingredient that gives chilli peppers their heat – could help burn off fat in the body.

The temptation to eat fatty foods is often so strong that, for many, they can’t resist eating fatty or sugary foods even if they are trying to cut down on calories.

Now, researchers believe capsaicin could provide a solution to this problem; speeding up the metabolism without the need to restrict the diet.

University of Wyoming researchers found capsaicin may stimulate the body to burn energy and create heat (a process known as thermogenesis) – burning off calories in the process.

It does this by activating receptors in the body which set off the process of energy burning.

These receptors are found in white and brown fat cells.

In the body, white fat cells soak up calories and store them as fat – the dreaded type visible in pot bellies, love handles and wobbly thighs that is the enemy of dieters.

It is known as ‘bad’ fat for this reason.

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