Red Pepper And Capsainoids Weight Loss Properties
Red Pepper is the common name for Capsicum. Capsicum is the term given to a large variety of tropical pepper plants, it refers to the fruit produces by these plants, in particular the dried fruit that is commonly used for its medicinal properties, eaten as food or an accompaniment to dishes to add zing and flavour and more and more frequently used these days in weight loss products.
Red pepper has many different names such as Cayenne pepper, Paprika, Red Chilli pepper, Pimiento, Sweet pepper, Hungarian pepper and the Mexican pepper.
Capsaicinoids are the intrical part of the hot pepper’s make up. They are a part of a group of colourless, pungent compounds that cause the heat found in hot peppers. They are a very strong irritant to skin, eyes and mucous membranes.
Capsaicinoids are found in all peppers with the exception of the bell pepper as this lacks the gene that gives all other peppers that unbearably hot taste. The stronger the pepper the higher concentration of Caspsaicinoids it contains.
Due to the Capsaicinoids blisteringly hot nature, it is an excellent deterrent for humans during riot control, usually utilised in the form of pepper spray.
And these compounds protect mammals and herbivores from eating the plants as most finding it extremely unpleasant; birds are the only mammal that can tolerate the heat as they can not actually taste it.
On the contrary, Capsicum is often used in topical anaesthetic creams and sprays, as it helps to reduce inflammation and works as an effective pain reliever.
These compounds are found in the flesh of the pepper that generates the heat and it is this heat that causes the raise in metabolism which enables the body to generate body heat, burn calories and fat. It is these compounds that are responsible for weight loss.
Studies have been conducted over the past 30 years and have verified Capsicum and red hot pepper as a very effective and safe weight loss aid.
Although in the past the problem has been that those people not used to Capsicum, can find it unpalatable and hard to implement the use of pepper to a daily diet.
Nowadays there are weight loss supplements that do contain a small amount of Capsicum and the way that the supplement is manufactured means that it is gentler on the stomach therefore easier for the individual to tolerate.
This is usually done by using a special coating in the outer skin of the capsule, that stops it dissolving until it is the small intestine where it can cause no irritation to the user.
Hot peppers in general work as an appetite suppressant; you can effectively lose your appetite for several hours after eating hot and spicy foods.
Capsicum boosts the rate at which the fat is burned by the body, therefore revs up the metabolic rate which means it a highly effective fat burner and allows you to lose weight even without an exercise regime.