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Capsaicin in Food Boosts Satiety Hormones and May Help With Appetite Control

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The takeaway

A lunch containing capsaicin (chili pepper compound) altered satiety hormones (GLP-1, PYY) and increased satiety in humans, suggesting spicy food may enhance appetite control through gut peptide modulation.

Key finding

A lunch containing capsaicin (chili pepper compound) altered satiety hormones (GLP-1, PYY) and increased satiety in humans, suggesting spicy food may

What the researchers found

A lunch containing capsaicin (chili pepper compound) altered satiety hormones (GLP-1, PYY) and increased satiety in humans, suggesting spicy food may enhance appetite control through gut peptide modulation.

Why it matters

Relevant for peptide research.

How the study worked

research study.

What this study cannot tell us

See abstract.

How to read the evidence

emerging evidence.

When this study was published

Published in 2009.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.

Common questions

What was studied?
Capsaicin in Food Boosts Satiety Hormones and May Help With Appetite Control
What was found?
A lunch containing capsaicin (chili pepper compound) altered satiety hormones (GLP-1, PYY) and increased satiety in humans, suggesting spicy food may enhance appetite control through gut peptide modulation.

Read the original research

The acute effects of a lunch containing capsaicin on energy and substrate utilisation, hormones, and satiety.

European journal of nutrition, 48(4), 229-34

Citation

Smeets, Astrid J; Westerterp-Plantenga, Margriet S. (2009). The acute effects of a lunch containing capsaicin on energy and substrate utilisation, hormones, and satiety.. European journal of nutrition, 48(4), 229-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-009-0006-1