Presence in the diet of a small amount of red pepper helps to tame your appetite, especially for those who do not usually eat spicy foods, say researchers at Purdue University (USA)
Previous works have shown that capsaicin - the substance, which gives peppers sharpness - can reduce hunger and increase energy consumption, i.e., burning calories, says Kompyulenta.
However, such effects were observed only when using a large quantity of pepper, which, of course, hard to swallow for most people. In the present study investigated the effect of spices at a reasonable dose of 1 gram (half teaspoon) pepper. Also, if used before pepper in capsules, but now - red pepper in kind. Scientists have reasonably believed that taste can optimize the effect of spices.
Experiments on 25 volunteers without excess weight lasted for six weeks. 13 subjects liked spicy food, rest - no, but all they had to have dried ground cayenne red pepper. The optimal dose of "wits" was 1.8 g spices, and other prepared according to 0.3 g.
Revealed the following: increased consumption of red pepper internal temperature of the body and helps burn calories by natural energy. At the same time those who do not usually eat spicy, there was a decrease of appetite: they want much less fatty, salty and sugary foods. If the body was well acquainted with burning spice, its effectiveness is substantially reduced. Now scientists have to figure out how long pepper can be an effective and how to adjust diet to prolong the beneficial effect of spices.
According to the authors, hot red pepper should be used in the usual way, but not in the capsules, as tastes stimulate the digestive process.