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“Simply adding chili pepper to a meal \u2014 just enough to make it spicy without changing how much you like it \u2014 might help reduce how much you eat,” Dr. Paige Cunningham, a postdoctoral scholar at Pennsylvania State University, told Verywell Health<\/em>.<\/p>\nCunningham was the lead author of a recent study published earlier this year in the journal Food Quality and Preference<\/em>. In it, the researchers found that eating rate slowed and food intake was reduced when perceived spiciness increased. <\/p>\nIn chili peppers, there is capsaicin, the compound that gives them their heat. The compound is believed to trigger heat production in living organisms and boost metabolism. <\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Eating spicy foods regularly may help you to lose weight. Spicing up your diet can impact how much you consume, researchers say (AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\u201cCapsaicin helps increase your core temperature, increase metabolism and helps burn calories faster,\u201d Piedmont Atlanta Hospital clinical dietician Haley Robinson explained in a statement. \u201cResearch has shown that it could increase your metabolism by up to 5 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chiles and other spices might also affect hunger, with people who eat spice-rich diets more likely to eat less during the course of the day. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s some research that capsaicin acts on the hypothalamus \u2014 the part of the brain that controls hunger and fullness,\u201d Patricia Bridget Lane, a registered dietitian with the Cleveland Clinic, said.<\/p>\n
Notably, there\u2019s no research proving that eating majorly hot Carolina reapers or ghost peppers, which contain more capsaicin, have higher benefits.<\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>A compound that makes peppers hot provides several health benefits. Known as capsaicin, it helps to boost the metabolism (Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nCapsaicin is the main ingredient for cayenne pepper and chili powder, but other versions have been found to have benefits.<\/p>\n
Researchers at Harvard say people who regularly eat chili peppers appear to lower their risk of dying from heart disease and that people who ate spicy foods nearly daily had a 14 percent lower risk of death than people who did so just once a week.<\/p>\n
But, also take benefits with a grain of salt and be careful about how much you consume.<\/p>\n
\u201cChili peppers are often consumed with high-fat, high-calorie foods, meaning that more frequent chili pepper consumption is tied to more frequent high-calorie food consumption,\u201d Dr. Thomas Holland, a physician-scientists at Rush University, previously told Medical News Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more Could eating spicy foods help you lose weight? “Simply adding chili pepper to a meal \u2014 just enough to make it spicy without changing how much you like it \u2014 might help reduce how much you eat,” Dr. Paige Cunningham, a postdoctoral scholar at Pennsylvania State University, told Verywell Health. Cunningham was the lead author of a recent study published earlier this year in the journal Food Quality and Preference. In it, the researchers found that eating rate slowed and food intake was reduced when perceived spiciness increased. In chili peppers, there is capsaicin, the compound that gives them their heat. The compound is believed to trigger heat production in living organisms and boost metabolism. open image in gallery Eating spicy foods regularly may help you to lose weight. Spicing up your diet can impact how much you consume, researchers say (AFP via Getty Images) \u201cCapsaicin helps increase your core temperature, increase metabolism and helps burn calories faster,\u201d Piedmont Atlanta Hospital clinical dieti…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}