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Did you know that by spicing up your life you can improve your weight loss and your beauty?

Let me tell you how: Red chili peppers.

Red chili peppers, red bell peppers, any variety of sweet or hot peppers can actually burn fat.

The great antioxidants and vitamin c in them are very good for your skin. The thermogenic, or fat burning potential of the peppers, helps you burn brown fat. White fat is your stored fat; it just sits around and gains weight. Brown fat is your burning fat. The heat of the thermogenic properties in chili peppers are thought to take white fat and activate it to brown fat. You can burn 300 calories in a 24 hour period just by stimulating the brown fat.

Also, when you`re chopping up red hot peppers, some of the residue will get on your cuticles. That`s a natural, anti-nail biting prevention, so you`ll have beautiful nails.