Chillies

[Jugglering]

A friend of mine has told me that eating chillies will help raise my metabolic rate and hence lose weight faster - now, should I believe him or not ?

[Metz]

guess so ..."There is evidence to show that spices, especially chilli, can raise the metabolic rate by up to 50% for up to 3 hours after you�ve eaten a spicy meal.
Drinks containing caffeine also stimulate the metabolism, as does green tea."

[funnygirl]

Believe them. All 'hot' spices are good for the metabolism.
Some people even sprinkle some into their cuppa!!! But I'm not sure which one as you get; chilli, cayenne and paprika.

[mccfluff]

i'm eating a bar lindtz chilli chocolate as the mo so it better work as i'm banking on one canceling out the other lol

[WoWo]

It does indeed raise the metabolic rate but I wouldn't expect anybody to notice. Every little helps but it's not as if the weight will fly off if you eat a couple of chillies.

[masma]

I just read in a Sunday supliment that although chilli's do raise your metabolic rate, it only lasts while you're eating them, so they're not of any good when it comes to loosing weight.

[maggs1703]

using chillies does raise your metabolic rate and using them with your meals for example sprinkled on top of say fish along with your diet helps i used them every day and i would like to say it worked i lost 3 stone in as many months and i still ahven't put the weight back on but hey ho if you like chillies does it make any difference to try i also drank a lot of green t or lemon t