Men's Health

Don't Diet, Do This

Eat the heat. Capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their burn, can also fire up your metabolism. Eating about 1 tablespoon of chopped red or green chillies boosts the body’s production of heat and the activity of your sympathetic nervous system, according to a study in the Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology.

Photo by sxc.hu Sep 28, 2011