Continuing on to the 4th food type of active calories, today's post is about warming foods. Warming foods include peppers, cinnamon, ginger, garlic, cloves, mustard, and vinegar. Capsaicin is the chemical giving peppers their burn. A UCLA study found that dieters taking in capsaicin doubled their energy expenditure for several hours after eating. Even mild peppers contain a compound that helps erase up to 100 calories a day by binding to nerve receptors and sending fat-burning signals to the brain.
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