4 Fat-Burning Spices Found in Many Vietnamese Kitchens

Black Pepper

This spice provides many health benefits and helps with effective weight loss. Black pepper contains low calories and is rich in vitamins A, C, K, and minerals like sodium, calcium, and potassium. They help enhance lipid metabolism and thermogenesis, speeding up the body’s metabolic process.

When combined with other spicy spices or with turmeric, black pepper can burn calories immediately in a meal, even excess calories for hours after eating.

A powerful compound in black pepper is piperine, which prevents the formation of new fat cells, a reaction called adipogenesis that reduces belly fat and lowers cholesterol levels.

In addition, it reduces fatty acids, triglycerides, phospholipids, and lowers bad cholesterol levels, increases good cholesterol levels in the body. At the same time, the outer layer of black pepper contains plant nutrients capable of stimulating the breakdown of fat cells.

Turmeric

Turmeric has been used for a long time. This type of tuber is widely used in the kitchen, often as a main ingredient in weight-loss diets. You can use fresh turmeric, turmeric powder, or turmeric juice, but using turmeric starch when cooking is considered to be more effective at burning fat.

The processing method of turmeric determines the amount of “golden substance” curcumin in it. Besides the health benefits, when this antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compound enters the body, it not only metabolizes excess fat but also prevents the formation of new blood vessels in the fat layer, making it unable to grow, thereby helping with effective weight loss.

Moreover, the polyphenols in turmeric also have the effect of burning excess fat, thus preventing weight gain. In addition, turmeric is also good for protecting the stomach, enhancing cardiovascular and brain health, beautifying the skin and hair, etc.

Spicy Chili

When using chili as a spice, it will create a thermogenesis effect that increases energy expenditure. The hot spicy taste from capsaicin in chili not only eliminates odors and adds flavor to the food but also helps burn excess fat in the body, stimulates metabolism, and burns energy. That’s why the energy-storing fat in the body will be burned and prevent the risk of obesity.

At the same time, it helps prolong the feeling of fullness and suppresses your appetite. Because capsaicin acts on the hypothalamus, the part of the brain that controls hunger and fullness, so you may feel full sooner if you add a little spice to your meal. Moreover, eating chili is also said to reduce cravings for sweets and fatty foods. This helps you maintain weight or effectively lose weight.

But you should only use chili in moderation, not eat too much chili, too spicy at once, especially on an empty stomach. Eating like this can cause irritation to the digestive system and many other negative reactions.

Ginger

Ginger not only helps with bad breath, reduces nausea, reduces pain, but also promotes metabolism, burns calories, and removes toxins from the body. Ginger contains a large amount of gingerol and shogaol compounds that support weight loss.

Gingerol compounds promote metabolic activity, help digest and absorb food faster. Studies have shown that gingerol helps regulate stable blood sugar levels in the body, especially effective after meals. Moreover, gingerol also creates a thermal effect in the body, so it burns belly fat well. Shogaol increases the pH in the stomach, supports digestion to work better, inhibits the accumulation of fat, and enhances fat breakdown.

The powerful antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds in ginger create favorable conditions for the elimination of accumulated fluids and toxins. Therefore, your organs function optimally and interfere with processes that help you lose weight more effectively.