Re: [CH] Eat hot sauce, lose weight?
Ted Wagner (trwagner1@yahoo.com)
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:30:30 -0700 (PDT)
Now, there's something to be said about that... and losing weight in general.
Any time you replace the bad things you eat with healthier choices.... that's always good and always a good chance that you will lose weight.... again, with moderation, portion control, etc. In America, we have inherently had portion control problems since we no longer have a majority of our population coming from an agricultural career background.
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--- On Thu, 7/10/08, =Mark <mstevens@exit109.com> wrote:
> From: =Mark <mstevens@exit109.com>
> Subject: Re: [CH] Eat hot sauce, lose weight?
> To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008, 10:08 AM
> I lost a lot of weight like 20 years ago, partly aided by
> eating hot peppers.
> I figured that chiles were low calorie snacks that
> *really* let you know that
> you had eaten something.
>
> Of course keeping the weight off is another issue. Maybe I
> should rethink the
> smoked red savina™ powder on ice cream thing... :-)
>
> On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:33:15 -0500, Jim Graham wrote
> > 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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