Capsaicin As A Bodybuilding Supplement?

Capsaicin as a bodybuilding supplement for fat loss.what the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deems
Does it work?to be "conclusive evidence." However, scientists the
It seems that everyone has a product on the marketworld over are conducting studies to link capsaicin to
that is said to promote fat loss. More and moreweight loss and the results that are coming in look
manufacturers are cashing in on the public's infatuationfairly promising. Studies show that Capsaicin can
and obsession with fat loss. Body builders, however,prevent new fat cells from forming as well as
tread a little more lightly. Because their bodies are theirdecrease the appetite and reduce fat in the body.
fortunes, their identities, they are more careful aboutAnother study used humans to test the effects of
the bodybuilding supplements that they take, the foodcapsaicin on fat in the human body. Each subject was
that they eat as well as nutrition. Many tend to leantested for metabolic rate and measured prior to the
toward natural bodybuilding supplements simplystudy. Additionally, they were measured and their
because they have aversions to putting syntheticmetabolic rate measured every half hour after taking
materials into their bodies. Capsaicin is a popular fatthe extract or after taking placebo tablets. Weight and
loss supplement that many bodybuilders swear by. Butbody fat was also measured in the subjects. This
just how effective is it?study was performed over a two week period.
Capsaicin is the stuff in chili peppers that makes themThe findings of the study revealed that the subjects
hot. It is a known irritant for humans and animals, bestwho took the capsaicin experienced a significant
known for it burning sensation in any tissue that itincrease in their mean metabolic rate at 30 minutes
touches. Pure capsaicin is colorless, odorless and has aand 60 minutes after taking the extract. Throughout
texture that is crystalline to waxy. It is the activethe study that ranged a two week period, body fat
ingredient in pepper spray, the chemical riot controlwas reduced in 70% of the subjects who had taken
agent. On the dinner table, it is used to give foods athe capsaicin extract. The greatest effect of reduction
little "heat." In the weight room, however, capsaicin isof body fat occurred in those subjects who began the
being used as a method of fat loss.study with higher fat content at the onset. The
Studies Showsubjects experienced a loss in fat, not water, based on
Scientists in Taiwan have found that capsaicin canhand held body fat measuring devices.
cause fat cells to self destruct. In laboratory tests,Supplement Forms
scientists used preadipocytes, cells that develop intoCapsaicin is one of the oldest natural body building
fat cells, as their subjects. They created a capsaicinsupplements that has been used to a variety of
extract in the lab and infused the fat, contained in testconditions. It can be found in capsule form, liquid and
tubes, with the extract for a period of eight days.even a nasal spray. The liquid form of capsaicin (as
Every other day they freshened the extract. Thewell as the nasal spray), manufactured by SiCap
result was that the preadipocytes that were exposedIndustries, used a special hot pepper extract to
to the capsaicin died off before they could developpromote weight loss. The formula includes feverfew
into fat cells. The results of the experiment appearedand green tea extract. It is intended to boost
in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry.metabolism, increase circulation, and decrease body
Of course, the jury is still out on Capsaicin. As naturalfat. The liquid is in a spray form that can be sprayed
supplements go, there is no governing body thaton foods like fish, chicken or salads, or sprayed directly
regulates it so any claims made are not backed byon the tongue.