Is spicy food an appetizer? Or promote metabolism?

Studies have shown that spicy food can increase the basal metabolic rate by 25% to 30%. When many people hear that eating spicy food can generate heat, promote metabolism and lose weight, they start to eat spicy food as much as possible. In fact, whether eating spicy food to lose weight depends on your physical condition! Among them, spicy "sauce" is high in calories and salt, which can easily cause water retention in the body and cause edema. But we remind you not to eat more food just because spicy food "appetizes" you!

Eating spicy and stimulating food for a long time can easily cause a "stomach heat" physique. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, "stomach heat can digest food." The more spicy food you eat, the stronger the stomach fire will be, and the more hyperactive your appetite will be. You will want to eat more, thinking that you will lose weight, but it will whet your appetite even more, creating a vicious cycle!

The most suitable physique for eating spicy food to lose weight is people with a "weak and cold physique", while people with a hot physique are not suitable for eating spicy food to lose weight, because people with a hot physique are prone to getting inflamed after eating spicy food, and there is heat in the blood. Before they lose weight, they will develop or worsen mouth sores, itchy skin, acne, burning stomach pain, constipation, bloody stools, and even cause hemorrhoid attacks.

If people with a cold constitution want to eat spicy food to lose weight, it is recommended to add pure chili peppers to dishes rather than dip the food in hot sauce, because hot sauce is high in calories and salt, which can easily cause water retention in the body and lead to edema. However, I would also like to remind you not to eat more food just because spicy food can "wake your appetite" and goes well with rice and wine!

What can I eat if I don’t eat spicy food?

Sauces are invisible killers and their addition should be reduced. Seasoning should be mainly with natural spices such as: green onions, ginger, garlic, onions, basil, vinegar, and lemons. Avoid high-calorie and high-sodium sauces such as mayonnaise, shacha sauce, hot sauce, black pepper sauce, sesame sauce, and ketchup.

If you are worried about oily skin, acne and enlarged pores, you should "stay away from" the irritating foods!

If you are afraid of oily face, enlarged pores and acne, please make up your mind to stay away from barbecued, fried, spicy and irritating foods and alcoholic beverages that are easy to cause inflammation, such as chicken fillets, fried chicken, fried chicken and French fries, spicy hot pot, peanuts, tobacco, alcohol, black pepper, spicy curry, etc., so as not to aggravate the heat in the body. In addition, you should reduce your intake of high-sugar and high-fat foods (desserts, biscuits, chocolate) to avoid prolonging the inflammatory response.

This article comes from: Beautiful and Sweet Love─Dr. Zhang Wenxin's Chinese Medicine Beauty Book

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