[Rudder]

Right. There aren't any fat Mexicans.

[dynachrome]

Shoot, I'd be anorexic.

[lmr]

6'0" 225, here. I love Pepper Sauce, I put it on almost everything. Among my favorites: Dave's Famous (Very Hot), Tabasco (Mildly Hot), El Yucateco (Very Hot), Cholula (Mildly Hot). I also love Chili Peppers straight out of the jar as well as Jalapenos. I'm not getting any skinnier, though. I think if I cut back on the Beer and Dr. Pepper, I might.

[calex59]

capsaicin isn't just found in red peppers but all peppers, it is what makes peppers "hot". It is considered good for the heart but I doubt it will cause a person to lose weight or stop gaining weight.

[SolitaryMan]

Eat Up!!! There was a recent report that capsaicin also kills cancer cells...

[amchugh]

I thought it didn't really matter how many fat cells you had, as each fat cell is capable of stretching almost indefinitely to contain more. Also, I've noticed that I eat more food when I eat really spicy food because of the endorphin rush. I used to eat habanero peppers whole, but my spice tolerance has gone down since I married my non chili head wife.

[FairOpinion]

ping

[Gabz]

Dang.........the 12 jars of Habanero jelly I made yesterday were orange, not red.....and so will the next 36 jars I make.

[Zman]

Well okay; just find a way to make it palatable on Twinkies...

[An American in Turkiye]

After about 3 hours after eating hot sauce, I have to run to the can, as Johnny Cash's song "Ring of Fire" plays over and over in my head. I usually take a spray bottle of cold water and a bag of cotton balls to help ease the pain, if you know what I mean!

[Fiddlstix]

[woofie]

New Mexico chile ping

[Plutarch]

..tested capsaicin’s effects on pre-adipocytes and adipocytes growing in laboratory cultures

This is a mildly interesting petri dish experiment. If obesity mice given capsaicin ended up weighing less than the placebo group, that would be news.

[okie01]

This isn't news. It has been common knowledge among capsicum fanciers for about thirty years.

Indeed, there was a New Mexico Highlands Univ. study c. 1977 that a friend of mine -- then the Director of Medicine at a major urban hospital -- introduced me to. It demonstrated how the active enzyme in capsicums actually consumed chloresterol in the blood.

There is, in fact, a helluva lot more evidence about the beneficial characteristics of blessed capsicums than there is about "global warming".