Does eating spicy foods speed up your metabolism and cause you to lose weight faster???

Question

If you eat spicy food or drink the spicy hot v8 drink will it speed up your metabolism and cause you to lose weight faster?

Answer 1

It's been alleged for a long time, but never proven. I suppose it could make you lose weight if you're not used to spicy foods, because you'll get a wicked case of diarrhea later

Answer 2

No two people are alike, so what works for someone else will probably not work for you, and vice-versa. You need to determine which foods your body doesn't metabolize quickly and which it does. And you probably already have an idea just based on experience. There are some times you've eaten a lot and showed no weight gain 2 days later, and other times you can eat ONE particular food and gain 3 pounds a couple of days later. But first you'll need to eat something like canned corn along with your usual meals. That will help you figure out your digestive timeline (how long it takes to get from point A to point B). You know what I'm talking about. You have some canned corn tonight, it "shows up" the day after tomorrow morning, great, you now know you have about a 30 hour digestive cycle. Now, weigh yourself. Then intentionally eat certain foods that you like that are similar types -- carb-intense, fiber-rich, high protein-and-fats (Atkins type), etc. And that's it. Nothing else, for the next day. Check in at that 30 hour mark and see what the effect was. Then try a different category of foods. Again, weigh before and after. Soon you'll get a good sense for which foods your body metabolizes easily and which it does not. And realize that sometimes they are "catalysts". A single food may encourage your body to retain fat from all foods you ate. For me it's breads. I eat one bagel, I gain 3 pounds, no matter what else or how much else I eat. 3 pounds. EVERY TIME. Meanwhile I can eat a rack of ribs and other fatty foods -- yeah, I'll gain 4 pounds that night, but 2 days later, I've LOST 1 or 2 pounds! And that's not by dieting afterwards either, just eating normally. It just "flows through me". And those are the foods you want to identify. Then you can eat all you want of those foods and enjoy your life. You only get one turn at it, and it's over before you know it. Why waste your life trying to live forever? It's not gonna happen! Besides, we're all going end up dying in the hospital one day, and you're going to feel like a damn fool dying from nothing.

Answer 3

The idea is that spicy foods increase your body's metabolic rate which makes you digest your food faster. Basically, spices improve digestion by increasing the hydrochloric secretion in the stomach. This is what increases your metabolic rate. With increased metabolism comes increased absorption rate. When there is increased absorption, then the body is able to utilize the stuff that you ate for your daily activities so almost nothing really stays put. So it does help you lose weight. Also can help cut appetite during meals cutting caloric intake.

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Answer 5

snack on a small handful of nuts

Answer 6

save 85 calories just by swapping mustard for mayonnaise in a sandwich

Answer 7

rake the leaves as a family

Answer 8

bulk up your meals with veggies

Answer 9

never eat any snack food out of the box carton or bag it came in you re less likely to overeat if you separate snacks into appropriate fist sized servings

Answer 10

don t eat in front of t v