!#8# For a Weight Loss Secret Look No Further Than Mr Habanero and His Little Friends

!±8± For a Weight Loss Secret Look No Further Than Mr Habanero and His Little Friends

I've always loved hot peppers on just about anything, but just recently discovered the secret reason so many people eat them daily. These hot little fellows pack a punch of heat and also work hard to help you shed a few pounds over time. I remember the first time I tried a hot sauce. It was a habanero, and I sweat and cried for about 10 minutes (no one told me to try a little at first). Despite the pain, I was hooked. Chili peppers turned the plain and boring into an exciting dish every time. I would go to the grocery store and fill the cart with new exotic sauces I had never tried before, head home and drench everything from spaghetti and salads to crab and chicken Kiev.

Nowadays I keep a nice arsenal of hot sauce on hand including every chili pepper variety I can find, including jalapeno, chipotle, Birds eye, Jamaican hot pepper, cayenne, Tabiche and habanero (my favorite). Some of these names alone justify the purchase: "Colon Cleaner ", "Possible Side Effects Hot Sauce", "Charlie Sheen's Tiger Blood Winning Hot Sauce" and the most humorous, "Rectal Rocket Fuel Island Jerk Hot Sauce". How long do these people sit around to dream up these names? It wasn't until recently that I was googling hot sauces to plan my next online purchase when I came across a website that posed the question "Do Habanero and Other Chile Peppers Boost Metabolism?" I had to know!

Could it be that my beloved hot peppers were also secretly working behind the scenes in my body to convert me into a sculptured Adonis? Lovely thought, and though there is no pepper capable of that, there is exciting news about hot peppers and weight loss. The science goes like this, when you ingest chile peppers, Capsaicin, the natural chemical that gives the pepper its heat and vitamin C, sends your metabolism into overdrive.

The hotter the pepper, the higher your core body temperature rises and the more energy your stomach uses to digest it. Now, you're not going to lose 5 pounds a week by doing this, but with the current average weight gain of 30 pounds over 10 years, every little bit helps! In addition, there are studies that point to Capsaicin actually preventing cancer cells from growing. There I was dousing my red beans and rice with "Henry's Hairy Hands Habanero Hot Sauce", never realizing all the good things those little guys were doing for my health! So today, when you skip the burger and eat that salad with avocados, tomatoes and carrots in an attempt to drop a couple of pounds, remember my friend the pepper, he can get you to your goal just a hair faster!