Spicy Foods and Metabolism

Who doesn’t want to speed up their metabolism? You can eat more food and your body can burn calories faster!! Unfortunately, we don’t have total control over this.

Metabolism is the amount of energy or calories needed by your body to maintain itself throughout the day. Everyone’s metabolism is different and affects their body composition. People with more muscles for example, have higher metabolisms while those who have less musculature have lower metabolisms. Having higher metabolism allows people to eat more calories daily than another person who is the same weight and high.

Spicy foods, such as hot peppers, have natural chemicals that can rev your metabolism into higher gear. Peppers have the chemical capsaicin in them, which where the peppers get their heat. This chemical can be found in jalapeños, habaneros, cayenne and chili peppers as a colorless compound. Along with slimming effects, capsaicin can also work as a blood thinner to help prevent blood clots.

Studies have shown that a spicy meal can raise your metabolism about 8% higher than their normal rate. This increase is considered pretty negligible in the scheme of things, but this temporary boost can help to suppress your desire to eat by raising your GLP-1 hormone.

Other studies have shown that eating spicy foods makes you feel fuller and tricks you into consuming less food.  The topic is still a little dicey and unclear, but the fact is that spicy foods can suppress your appetite, boost your metabolism as well as add some kick-ass flavor to your meals!

Some simple ways to do this is to introduce hot pepper flakes into your meals, jalapeños are a great way to add some simple spice to a dish, normally Mexican or even Indian.

Just something to think about on a daily basis!!

ENJOY!!