Hi Robert, Dave Dewitt addresses this in his new book, This is an article based on excerpts from the book. It addresses your question plus other related items. Recipes are included. Check it out here: http://www.fiery-foods.com/zine-consumer/health.html Hope this helps. rr === To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And, at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between, plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing." This is truth, to me. - Jack Handey Rockin' Randy's Homepage: http://members.tripod.com/~rocknrandy/index.html El Grande's Shrine: http://members.tripod.com/~rocknrandy/chilehead.html ---Robert Graup <graup@hotmail.com> wrote: > > This must be in the archive somewhere, but after looking through a few > dozen issues, I've given up. So forgive me in advance. :) > > Capsicum, mainly in the form of cayenne, has been used by loads of > people trying to loose fat. It's in many herbal thermogenic formulas > that anyone can pick up at their local health food store. Does anyone > know any sources/links/etc. that might substantiate cayenne's effects? I > assume that the idea is to get your base metabolic rate up by increasing > one's temperature. > > Can anyone point me to any net sources that might give me a clue whether > this is true or not? > > Thanks. > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com