The cayenne pepper diet is used to rid toxins of your body as well as to help you lose weight quickly. This is an extremely challenging diet as you do not eat any food but simply drink specially made lemonade with cayenne pepper. This is a popular diet for celebrities though they even claim that it is very difficult.
Cayenne pepper has a lot of health benefits and is known to help rid your body of toxins. The most important compound in the cayenne pepper is capsaicin. Besides capsaicin cayenne peppers also contain minerals, vitamins and antioxidants.
Some of the benefits of capsaicin include killing bacteria, germs, viruses and infections, increasing your metabolism, reducing platelet stickiness, boosting your immune system and helping to improve your blood circulation. For such a dangerously hot pepper it certainly helps your body.
The main toxins that the cayenne pepper diet can eliminate include heavy metals, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, prescription drugs, hormones and other congestion in the body. Most of these toxins are naturally eliminated through the liver, kidneys and other organs but a build up can occur.
When starting the Cayenne pepper diet you need to physically and mentally prepare yourself because it will be a rough 10 days of just drinking lemonade. Once you have made it through the first 10 days you move into the second phase of eating the cayenne pepper with either salt water or non caffeinated laxative tea. Then you move onto the post cleanse.
Once you have mentally and physically prepared yourself you will begin the diet by purchasing plenty of lemons, cayenne pepper powder, maple syrup and distilled water. A serving of the lemonade will consist of 1/10 teaspoon of cayenne powder 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 2 tablespoons of maple syrup and 10 oz of distilled water.
There are a few side effects associated with the Cayenne pepper diet and you should be aware of them. You will suffer hunger pangs and experience cravings. Particularly in the beginning when your body is getting used to the diet. Some individuals that rely heavily of caffeine may experience headaches due to withdrawal. Sometimes as the toxins are being eliminated it causes the body to be sore or itchy, this is a natural process of detoxifying your body.
It should be noted that nutritionists and doctors do not recommend the cayenne pepper diet because it can cause your stomach to stop passing food and the amount of calories in the diet is far below the amount recommended for your body to function properly.
