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Green Apple Member 
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I love spicy food- I just hot sauce on everything (good thing it's calorie free)even on salads. I guess my question is to everyone- Does it matter, when trying to lose weight, if you eat spicy food versus non-spicy food? |
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NevD New Member 
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I just noticed this post and wondered... Anything that's zero calories has no food value. That means it's probably produced from chemicals, which makes it a by-product of the petro-chemical industry. As with anything else, and little of what you like shouldn't harm, but if you're slapping this on everthing you eat.... I just hope you don't suffer the effects a couple of decades down the line. Not wishing to be a scare-monger, but good wholesome food does have calories. I tend to regard anything calorie-free with the deepest suspicion. If it's that neat, why didn't God bother to make some?  The closest He came was water and the ingredients of salad, and you know how we all feel about them! NevD  Last edited on 30 Oct 2005 01:49 pm by NevD |
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Peter Founder of this forum 
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Yes, spice in foods can be a great diet aid! I have seen spices mentioned many times in articles written on how to raise your metabolism which results in burning more calories. Personally I don't pay attention to such gimmicks and think they are mostly written to make magazine articles interesting to sell magazines. But spices have another important use... they can be used in place of the more fattening condiments often used to add flavor to foods. Personally, I just enjoy the flavors of foods without adding anything in most cases. But for people who would consider them bland, adding spices to veggies is a much better alternative than butter or margarine; mustard is a better condiment on a sandwich than mayo. Now I want to address the subject of something being "calorie free." In the US, diet soft drinks come in 12 fl oz cans. But until the government put a stop to it, the serving size listed was always 8 fl oz. Silly, since of course you would drink the whole can. But for 8 fl oz the nutrition data would round to zero whereas at 12 fl oz it would have shown a calorie or two... so they couldn't advertise "calorie free!" On my Spices list, I list 1 tsp for most spices. But in a single serving you certainly wouldn't use a whole tsp of pepper or chili powder. Yet if I listed only a dash, the numbers would all be zeros. Just wanted to make the point that many foods that state they are "calorie free" really aren't. Though of course if they are calorie free for a single serving, they would have very few calories. Peter  |
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Green Apple Member
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Hey guys-- Well, I've noticed that most hot sauces have 0 calories in their nutritional facts area--they dont necesarily boast calorie free-- I glad to learn that spicy foods may have positive aspects-- I really do need to my food be spicy-It's become a minor obsession but I've learned how to spicy things up without giving myself heartburn (and believe me it happens)-- thanks. Oh, happy halloween |
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Javan Distinguished Member 
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I am not a huge fan of store bought hot sauces (although I have many in my kitchen), I tend to make my own. For instance, for Jalapeno sauce, I just took a bunch of peppers, a bit water, some garlic and through the mix into a blender, then into a shaker bottle. I love it!!! |
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NevD New Member
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And the bonus is, you know what's in it... |
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Javan Distinguished Member
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Got that right!!!! I have shaker next to it with my own crushed cayenne pepper!!! Everytime I am in the veggie section of the store, I check out the pepper stock and see what sauces I can make. |
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