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Looking for some wacky ways to burn extra calories—no gym time required? Look no further than your own dinner plate.
想知道還有什麼奇怪的方法可以燃燒脂肪嗎？摸索一下你的餐盤吧。Thanks to a new study published in the journal Obesity Open Access, spicy foods might soon replace your daily run. Forty men and women took one two-milligram capsule of capsaicinoids—the spice found in chili peppers—or a placebo each day.
期刊肥胖無處逃（Obesity Open Access）發佈了一項研究，食用辛辣食物也許能夠起到日常鍛鍊的效果。四十位參與研究的男士和女士中，有人每天服用兩毫克膠囊的辣椒素（一種可在辣椒中找到的物質），有人每天服用無效對照劑。Once participants popped the pill, the research team measured their metabolic rate every hour for three hours. The data showed that those who took the capsaicinoids capsule burned 116 calories more per day than the people who just swallowed the placebo.
研究對象一旦服用辣椒素，研究團隊就每三個小時測量一次他們的新陳代謝率。數據表明，服用辣椒素膠囊的人每天消耗的脂肪量比只服用無效對照劑的人多116卡路里。
Researchers say this perk is due to “the thermogenic effect of capsaicinoids,” according to Men’s Health. In other words, your body creates heat as it digests spicy foods, which burns more calories.
人類健康（Men’s Health）的研究人員稱，產生這樣的差距是因爲“辣椒素有產熱功效”。或者說，食用辛辣食物時，人體會產生熱量，燃燒更多的脂肪。
Full disclosure: The study received funding from the producers of Capsimax (the same capsaicinoids supplement used in the study) which might raise some eyebrows. Still, this isn’t the first time science has made this claim. In a six-week study at Purdue University, cayenne pepper increased the participants’ body temperatures and the amount of calories they burned.
事件的原委是：該研究接受了辣椒素品牌Capsimax生產商（（研究中用到的辣椒素均源於此））的贊助，這也許會引發一些質疑。當然，這也不是科學界首次公佈辣椒素能夠助燃脂肪的消息。普度大學（Purdue University）進行了爲期六週的的實驗，發現紅辣椒能夠使人體體溫升高，增加脂肪燃燒量。Plus, that’s not the only perk of eating spicy foods, either. Cayenne pepper has a plethora of health benefits, such as reducing blood sugar, boosting circulation, and improving psoriasis symptoms—all helpful for fending off cardiovascular disease and early death.
辣椒的好處遠不止於此，它對人體健康益處多多，能降低血糖、加速血液循環、緩解牛皮癬症狀，而這些都有利於防禦心臟方面的疾病，也能延緩死亡。
