Burn off flab and even fight disease by harnessing heat. Behold the power of peppers. A recent Korean lab study found that the compound that makes chilies spicy, capsaicin, can help kill colon cancer cells. And previously, a Dutch study review had
concluded that capsaicin encourages thermogenesis the body’s heat generating response to food intake, which can help burn calories. “For the thermogenic effect, it’s best to eat chili based foods on a daily basis,” says Jeya Henry, Ph.D., who researches energy metabolism at Oxford Brookes University. The Scoville scale measures capsaicin content; the more capsaicin in the peppers you eat, the greater the benefit and hotter the burn. (Men’s Health)
