What foods will warm me up?!
I know that hot food and drinks will obviously increase my temperature, what I want to know is there food that increases your metabolism and make you warmer.
I know years back when I used to take Ecstasy that my temperature would increase a lot as my girlfriend back then would snuggle into me and say i was like a furnace. But I'm not taking that nasty junk again so what are my alternatives please?
Answers:
Hot Peppers
Capsaicin, the substance that gives hot peppers their pungent flavor (and also used in pepper sprays and for pain relief) increases thermogenesis. Essentially, hot, spicy foods are stimulants which raise the body temperature by stimulating the circulation.
Black Pepper
Black pepper is harvested from unripe berries of the vine Piper nigrum (white pepper is extracted from the ripe berries, you can impress your foodie friends at dinner parties with that one). Black pepper contains piperine, a substance that has been shown to influence thermogenesis through stimulating the nervous system.
Ginger
Widely used as a herbal remedy for a number of conditions–including those involving the digestive tract, headaches and nausea–the pungent principles of ginger (gingerols and shogaols) also have thermogenic properties.
Green Tea
Green tea has two components, caffeine and catechins, that have been shown to produce thermogensis. Green tea containing caffeine significantly increased thermogenesis by 28 percent to 77 percent. In Asia, green tea is a common recipe ingredient, which is a great way to incorporate this nutritional powerhouse into your diet.
Coconut Oil
Coconut oil is comprised of mostly medium-chain fatty acids, which, when eaten, have been shown to increase thermogenesis. On the down side, one tablespoon of coconut oil contains 117 calories and 13.6 grams of fat.
Vindaloo curry or you can also try corned beef hash.
Hot Chocolate, Soup, stew, curries.
Spice spice baby :-) Ginger is warming too. Or good old mash potatoes cos they are yummy. Good job comming off the drugs.
My epic Brain lol
Hot dinners are the best followed by a hot pudding for example: Sheperds Pie and then Apple Strudel :)
Hot beverages might be your best bet... like hot chocolate, hot coffee, hot tea...
Hot chocolate, tea, soup.
warm foods...................................… you could eat the sun
vindaloo or ceylon curry
Try adding chilli to your food!
Red bell peppers.
chili with extra hot peppers in them
