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Will eating spicy foods burn more calories?

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no but it jump starts metabolism "Dr Oz". I use cayenne in many things now.

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I don't know...let's give it a try! Yum!

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I love spicy hot foods. For lunch today I brought in pinwheels (flour tortilla, shredded chicken, jalapenos, Tomato, taco seasoning and reduced fat cream cheese) but I can't eat them plain like that. I add Franks red hot to the them. I am sweating more now than after a strenuous workout. :)

I would hope it was doing something for me. I might be burning some calories, just reaching up to wipe the sweat from my brow. LOL

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its hard for me to eat spicy foods and not drink anything.. the not drinking with eating and waiting 30 min after I eat to drink has cut down on me eating spicy foods

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I love spicy hot foods. For lunch today I brought in pinwheels (flour tortilla, shredded chicken, jalapenos, Tomato, taco seasoning and reduced fat cream cheese) but I can't eat them plain like that. I add Franks red hot to the them. I am sweating more now than after a strenuous workout. :)

I would hope it was doing something for me. I might be burning some calories, just reaching up to wipe the sweat from my brow. LOL

I love Franks Sauce, I'm gonna let hubby know I can try and eat it, soon

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There supposedly is a slight increase in metabolism from eating spicy foods but it is so slight that it is not going to make any difference to your weight loss. The exception would be when you have curry that is so hot that you are then forced to sit on the loo for a couple of days afterwards and cannot get off to eat anything.

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OMG that pinwheel recipe sounds fab. Unfortunately my stomach hates hot sauce or else I'd try the combo. :lol:

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no but it jump starts metabolism "Dr Oz". I use cayenne in many things now.

this is really interesting. i love spicy foods and have often used cayenne pepper... even putting the powder into clear Gelatin capsules in the wintertime. I need to ask you... when you had your lapbanding done, did you have a hiatal hernia? or any problem with reflux?? i dont want to have to give up my spicy food... i dont have a sweet tooth but love my spices. now are you finding the cayenne?? does it bother you?

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I love spicy hot foods. For lunch today I brought in pinwheels (flour tortilla, shredded chicken, jalapenos, Tomato, taco seasoning and reduced fat cream cheese) but I can't eat them plain like that. I add Franks red hot to the them. I am sweating more now than after a strenuous workout. :)

I would hope it was doing something for me. I might be burning some calories, just reaching up to wipe the sweat from my brow. LOL

That sounds amazing! :)

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That sounds amazing! :)

wow... it sure does sound amazing... and a relief to me. lol. spice is the ''spice'' of my life. lol.

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judych

yes, I had the hernia. It was the reason I was supposed to have surgery in the first place. yes, I had L O T S of reflux, it was scary! I have none now,

the biggest change I made was cutting caffeine out of my life for the most part. I used to drink an enormous amount of coffee. I still miss it a whole bunch

but I never want reflux again so I work hard to stay away from coffee. :((

I just had cayenne in an omelet I ate, no reaction at all. I am very grateful!

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thats great news.. i hear you about coffee.. i slowed down heaps to what i used to have. i do have more Decaf now of course. so you think that the caffeinated coffee was aggravating your hernia?/ it probably is with mine as well. im in the process of giving up the caffeine now.. so far so good. as long as i can have one a day. lol. im looking forward to having cayenne.. thats really good for healthy bowels. i have been having it in foods now for a long time. i didnt want to give it up at all.

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thats great news.. i hear you about coffee.. i slowed down heaps to what i used to have. i do have more Decaf now of course. so you think that the caffeinated coffee was aggravating your hernia?/ it probably is with mine as well. im in the process of giving up the caffeine now.. so far so good. as long as i can have one a day. lol. im looking forward to having cayenne.. thats really good for healthy bowels. i have been having it in foods now for a long time. i didnt want to give it up at all.

I am 18 days post op and don't even miss the coffee. I am allowed 1 cup of reg and then decaf. But I don't even want it, definitely gaining more energy. I also had hernia repair, never thought about caffeine aggitating it. Also I caused myself some grief by pureeing chili and eating it, dr said it shouldn't have affected me this bad. But my reflux has come back possible dilation of esophagus. So I am back on liquids and think that I will personally stay clear of spices for a while... hee hee

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I am 18 days post op and don't even miss the coffee. I am allowed 1 cup of reg and then Decaf. But I don't even want it, definitely gaining more energy. I also had hernia repair, never thought about caffeine aggitating it. Also I caused myself some grief by pureeing chili and eating it, dr said it shouldn't have affected me this bad. But my reflux has come back possible dilation of esophagus. So I am back on liquids and think that I will personally stay clear of spices for a while... hee hee

do you think it was the chili?? thats not good. it doesnt seem long enough since surgery though to be having spices i would imagine. what do you think? i know with all my surgeries the most intense healing period is the following six weeks. perhaps to leave the spices for about three months?/ Have they established that you definately have dilation of the esophagus?? is that going to be a big problem for you?? i hope that its not.

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