I'll bee damned! No WONDER I've gained about 10-15 lbs in the last 4 or so months!!!! Makes perfect sense to me!!! Since I've gotten my Father Jim's chipotle powder and Calvin's 'green' (which he *should* start calling "green's powder"... LOL!!!) powder, I've bulked up! I SEARCH for stuff to put the powders on... Oh, well! Better a titch heavier and happy than sans my powders! :> green Cameron Begg wrote: > Hi C-H's > > I found this gem by accident when I was looking at something in "New > Scientist": > > "Studies on rats show that capsaicin injections, either into the > blood or directly into the small intestine, keep the creatures eating > for longer. What happens is that the chemical interferes with the > ability of nerves to send "fullness" messages to the brain when fats > and carbohydrates wash down from the stomach." > > This would explain why one is often tempted to eat much more food > than usual when it is laced with peppers. Conversely however there is > a hypothesis that very tasty food satisfies the appetite (at least in > some people) more quickly than a bland diet. > > Moral: Balanced diet = HOT + TASTY! > > --- > Regards, Cameron.