| The speed of your metabolism is often said to | | | | increases the amount of calories that are needed to |
| determine how easy you will put on weight or keep it | | | | process the food. But that it is not a significant amount |
| off. To some extent this is true, your metabolism is | | | | to make any real difference to boosting the |
| processing of food to give the body energy and | | | | metabolism and weight loss. They do think that adding |
| nutrients that it needs to survive. It is thought that 60% | | | | chili or other spices to foods gives then a better taste |
| of the calories that the metabolism uses are to keep | | | | or flavor. This encourages people to eat more |
| everything within the body functioning. 30% is used to | | | | vegetables and foods that are less fattening. |
| give us the energy to go about our daily activities. 10% | | | | Curries, for example, will also include things like ginger, |
| of the calories are needed to process the food that is | | | | garlic, turmeric and coriander that are said to have |
| eaten. There are many theories about how to boost | | | | numerous affects on the body such as reducing the |
| the metabolism so that it burns the calories faster and | | | | susceptibility to diabetes. Many of the these ingredients |
| thus allows us to lose weight, eat more food or eat | | | | have been used in Ayurvedic medicine for hundreds of |
| the foods we like to eat and not gain weight. One of | | | | years for all sorts of ailments. As the metabolism is the |
| these theories is that spicy foods will boost metabolism | | | | combination and coordination of various systems within |
| and aid in weight loss. | | | | the body it is important to keep the body health as a |
| There seems to be two camps regarding this theory, | | | | whole. If one system breaks down this can affect |
| those that endorse it and those that think it as a way | | | | others and result in the metabolism becoming |
| to make food more interesting and help us to eat | | | | inefficient. |
| foods that are healthier and less fattening. | | | | Another factor that might help to burn more calories or |
| For those that think it works the theory goes that it | | | | boost the metabolism is drinking cold water. The body |
| increases the thermodynamic burn that goes on in the | | | | has to raise the temperature of the cold water once it |
| body when the food is eaten. This means the body | | | | enters the body and it burns calories to do this. And as |
| must utilize more calories to process the food hence | | | | you may know, a tall glass of cold water is a welcome |
| increasing the metabolism. | | | | relief when food is hot and spicy. |
| People that don't think it is effective still agree that it | | | | |