Re: Three Ideal Weight Control Foods

[Guest guest]

You can also dump a bit of hot pepper sauce in your soup. Peg

[Guest guest]

chili: unfortunately too spicy for some of us.

However in the vein of Warren's post, remember soups and liquids. They are

a godsend to give you that " full " feeling and delay eating.

on 1/10/2004 4:34 PM, Warren at warren.taylor@... wrote:

> 2) Use chili:

[Guest guest]

I promised to post some of the benefits of using spicy chili powder.

Chili comes from hot peppers that contain the special active

ingredient capsaicin. Here are a few of the widespread benefits

of capsaicin (as in spicy chili powder):

* Slows gastric emptying and glucose uptake from the small

intestine [1], hence the improvements in blood glucose control.

* Suppresses appetite and subsequent food consumption [2,3,4,8]

* Increases sympathetic nervous system activity (e.g. heart rate)

[2,3,8,9,10,11,12],

resulting from increased levels of circulating adrenal-related

chemicals (adrenaline [9,11,12], epinephrine and norepinephrine [10])

* Increases oxygen consumption [10,11,14], energy expenditure and

metabolic rate [8,11,12]

* Changes thermoregulation [4,12] and thermogenesis [5,6]

* Changes substrate utilization (use of fat vs. carbs for fuel)

[6,7,9,11,12]

* Promotes weight/fat loss [4,12,13,15]

* Increases athletic endurance [9,10]

* Improves insulin sensitivity [13]

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The references for the above (about 3 pages worth) are available from

me by off-list request. I also carry chili powder as part of my bulk

supply of CR foods, usually as a free gift.

The variety I recommend: New Mexico Chili Powder -- The *VARIETY*

of chili pepper named " New Mexico " , not the place named " New Mexico " .

-- Warren

[Guest guest]

Is " chili pepper " essentially the same ingredient as " cayenne

pepper " - the stuff one can buy in the 'spices' section of the

supermarket? The latter comes from the plant capsicum annuum I

believe.

Rodney.

> I promised to post some of the benefits of using spicy chili powder.

> Chili comes from hot peppers that contain the special active

> ingredient capsaicin. Here are a few of the widespread benefits

> of capsaicin (as in spicy chili powder):

[Guest guest]

This source seems to indicate that chili peppers and cayenne pepper

are from the same plant, the latter being the (dried and?) ground up

pods and seeds:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chili%20pepper

> > I promised to post some of the benefits of using spicy chili

powder.

> > Chili comes from hot peppers that contain the special active

> > ingredient capsaicin. Here are a few of the widespread benefits

> > of capsaicin (as in spicy chili powder):