Can Cayenne Pepper Help You Lose Weight?

Putting the words cayenne pepper weight loss together is not something most would have done, I'm sure. Let me just answer it directly. Can you lose weight by taking capsicum? Yes and no. I'm not trying to be vague here but clearly more info is needed.

This is what cayenne pepper will do. The health benefits of cayenne pepper are phenomenal, and assistance in losing weight is one of them. Cayenne pepper will assist in the loss of weight but it won't be the sole determing factor. So, how does it assist? Primarily by equalizing the metabolism.

When you take cayenne on a regular daily basis you can increase your metabolism some say as much as 25% but that sounds too arbitrary to me. What cayenne should be is a part of your regular diet as well as eating peppers in general.

I'm not talking of imbibing a cayenne fruit diet but drinking it daily or at least every other day. Putting just a quarter of a teaspoon of cayenne pepper powder into a glass of warm water (that would be ideal), will immediately benefit your entire circulatory system, your intestines, your stomach, not to mention give your heart muscles an infusion of minerals that is necessary for its proper function.

So, no, the supposed mystical health qualities of cayenne pepper is not going to make you suddenly start losing weight. It is complementary, though, to your weight loss efforts.

Let me explain how.

It will equalize the system and go to work on specifically the viscera and interior actions of the circulatory, digestive, glandular, and lymphatic systems. Cayenne pepper is also a "counter irritant" as it brings up to the surface of the blood toxins that are then carried away. It is also a rubefacient meaning it brings blood and the color red, of course, to the skin.

This doesn't help weight loss, but when taken internally, it has been used with great success as an active stimulant to support and re-animate, to help give enhanced energy and rejuvenation. That is probably the one result I hear from personal friends I've persuaded to take cayenne more than anything else.

Increased energy is logical as the heart is literally immediately strengthened by the introduction of cayenne pepper into the system. Having a healthy heart, a heart that pumps less but the same amount of blood, means you have more energy.

This energy could give you more of an impetus to doing aerobic exercise and this exercise combined with a lower calorie diet would allow you to lose weight faster. In fact, in early 20th century France, during World War I, doctors used to give cayenne pepper to their soliders as it helped relieve fatigue.

Notwithstanding its heat, it is not thermogenic in terms of causing such heat as to burn away fat. That's not how it works. Cayenne is a healthy stimulant, but it also has profound therapeutic properties as well, but nothing so dramatic as to immediately cause you to lose weight.

The main ingredient in cayenne is called capsaicin that can burn extra calories in your body in a way similar to exercise but it's not going to be dramatic. Anyone who says otherwise is exaggerating or lying.

So, to wrap up, yes, cayenne pepper is a great herb, but it is not going to produce immediate weight loss. It is, however, a tremendous aid in bringing the whole system into proper equilibrium and in better health. 

I hope this answers your questions about cayenne pepper and weight loss.

Yours in health,
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