Re: [CH] Eat hot sauce, lose weight?
Jim Graham (spooky130@cox.net)
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:33:15 -0500
On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 09:01:43AM -0400, =Mark wrote:
> "Dangers of consuming too much hot sauce?
> "The active ingredient in hot sauce is capsaicin," says Antoniades.
> "It's toxic, but you have to drink about 1.5 litres."
>
> 1.5 liters of capsaicin? I suppose that could cause some discomfort.
>
> Hell, water is "toxic" if you drink enough of it, but I'll take my
> chances and follow the diet anyway... :-)
I was typing up a reply to this last night, when my FreeBSD system
crashed (it's been unstable lately---I think the old system its on is
finally about to die for good).
Basically, I was saying that, while I think the link was intended as a
joke (as was the site it linked to), my experiences with chiles and hot
sauces while working on losing weight are that they do make a positive
difference....not because of the absurd "punishment for eating" theme
that the article takes, but instead for at least the following reasons
that I've noted:
1) After eating a nice, fiery meal (e.g., a favorite of mine, Lean
Cuisine or Healthy Choice chicken enchiladas w/ rice ... and
plenty of a GOOD habanero sauce...like the one I just made last
week!), I feel full and satisfied for a good while longer than I
might otherwise, and on smaller amounts.
2) One everyone knows---flavor. A lot of people swear that food can't
have flavor without fat. We chile-heads know better! :-)
3) other health bonuses that we've all read about
Oh well, my coffee's gone cold...must nuke it now.
Later,
--jim
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