Capsiplex Related Studies
Of Interest

What does the body do with our food?

The human body needs energy to power muscles and to fuel the millions of chemical and biological reactions which take place throughout our system every day. This energy comes from the food we consume in our diet.

Food consists mainly of water and three types of nutrient - protein, dietary fats and carbohydrate - which are found in varying proportions in most foods. These nutrients are broken down, digested and absorbed by the body in the gastrointestinal tract, running from the mouth to the anus.

Each of these macronutrients is processed and absorbed by the digestive system in different ways.

What Does The Body Do With Carbohydrates From In Our Food?

Simple carbs like glucose are absorbed into the blood stream very quickly. All cells in your body use glucose for energy so the body converts all carbohydrate foods into this form of energy, which is why runners sometimes take glucose drinks to keep their energy up, because it is absorbed for energy so quickly by the body.

Carbohydrate foods include sugars such as: Fructose (from fruit), Glucose (sports drinks), Lactose (from milk products), and Maltose (often used in cereals).

Carbohydrate Starches also get converted into glucose by the body and these include: potatoes, rice, pasta, couscous, noodles, Cereals, breads, pulses, lentils, beans and peas.

The term Low Glycemic Index food basically means the foods that take the longest to be converted into glucose by the body. Low glycemic index foods are considered beneficial for health because they keep energy levels balanced.

So The Body Converts All The Carbohydrates Into Glucose For Energy

Once these foods have been converted into glucose, it inters the bloodstream and the blood-glucose level rises.

The body doesn’t want to give its self too much energy so the pancreas secretes insulin into the blood to “mop up” any excess glucose. This excess glucose (pure energy) has to be stored, so it is turned into a substance called glycogen (packaged stored glucose).

The body stores its glycogen in the liver and muscles and will convert it back into glucose for energy when, it needs more energy.

However here is the glitch! When the liver and muscle glycogen stores are full (add they can be full pretty quickly!), the body has no room left for storage in these compartments.

It must find another way of storing it’s excess energy so it converts the glucose into fat and stores it on your bottom, your thighs, your tummy and your upper arms, if those places are full it will start storing it all over the body, you get the picture!

This is why so many diet and weight loss books, websites, health professionals and treatments include tips such as cutting down on sugar and carbs like potatoes and white bread, crisps and pastries.

What does the body do
with the Fat from our Food?

The body uses fat from our food as a back-up form of energy if blood glucose supplies run out (about 4-6 hours without foods). It also uses fat to provide insulation under our skin, to protect our organs and bones from physical damage, fat also surrounds our nerve fibre to protect it and help transmit messages.

Fat is actually used in every cell in our body to help transport nutrients and metabolites across our cell membranes. It also uses fat as a starting material to build many other substances in our body like hormones and immune cells. It is also need for anything that is fat soluble for example vitamins like, vitamin, A, D, E, K.

It also helps foods stay in our stomachs for longer, because the stomach is mostly watery and fat takes a while to be broken down. So our body does need fat to stay healthy and functioning.

Our bodies have not evolved as fast as technology and the modern world has, so our bodies still have a mechanism for storing excess fat in case we need it during times of starvation. This excess fat from that the body does not need is stored in the form of adipose tissue on our thighs, our bottoms, our tummies etc.

When fat enters our digestive systems,
a substance called bile is used
to break it down

Bile is a bit like the body’s Fairy liquid, it has properties that can break up fat.

Dietary fat is broken down into Lipids called fatty acids and glycerol. Glycerol can be converted into glucose for energy, but only a very small amount of fat is made up of parts that can be converted into glycerol. Fatty acids also get converted into another type of lipid called triglycerides and travel around the body to where they are needed.

The liver uses some of these triglycerides to convert fat into cholesterol for making hormones and cell membranes.

Cholesterol has to be transported from the liver to cells in the body by carriers, called Low density Lipoprotients (LDLs) which are sometimes referred to as “bad cholesterol". This is because they can take too much cholesterol to the body and it can end up lining the arteries and causing blockages, which lead to conditions like high blood pressure.

Cholesterol is collected from our tissues and returned to the liver by High density lipoproteins (HDL’s), which is sometimes referred to as “good cholesterol".

There are two main types of fat from our
foods: Saturated and unsaturated

Unfortunately most people in the UK eat too much saturated fat. Saturated fat (solid at room temperature) is more difficult for the body to breakdown than unsaturated fat (liquid at room temperature).

Because saturated fat is more difficult for the body to breakdown it can end up clogging our arteries which is bad for our health. Foods that are high in saturated fat include: meats (particularly pork and red meat), eggs, cheese and butter.

Many people recommend low fat diets for losing weight, but actually there are some fats out there that are essential for body function such as;

• Avocados
• Seeds (sunflower, flax, pumpkin, sesame)
• Nuts (walnuts, almonds, peanuts, cashews etc)
• Olive oil
• Flax seed oil
• And other natural oils

High fat fish such as;

• Salmon
• Sardines
• Mackerel
• Herring and trout

These are great sources of natural omega-3-polyunsatured fats, which are very good for you.

Even saturated fats from meat and butter have some value, particularly organic. The bottom line is we do need fat to for our bodies to function, but choose your fats carefully.

The really bad for you fats are chemically processed Trans-fats, like hydrogenated oils which are industrially produced, chemically altered oils that are present in many processed foods.

Other refined oils like canola, are not hydrogenated but go through high temperature, high pressure solvent extraction processes. The more a food is processed industrially the more likely it is to have lost its value.

The body will become confused about how to break it down and may end up sending it for storage, and we know where that goes!

Foods that are deep fried in these types of industrial saturated fats include;

• Crisps
• Chips
• Donuts
• Fried chicken
• Frozen nuggets etc

If people do not get enough good fat in their diet they tend to put on weight, this is because many processed fats are difficult for the body to breakdown and are part of foods that can be high in sugar, like processed biscuits, cakes, puddings and pastries.

Other signs of lack of good healthy fat intake are dry skin, low body weight, feeling cold, and poor hair and nail growth and in extreme cases loss of menstruation can occur. Essential fatty acids are also reported to be good for brain function.

We have found some interesting studies
on Capsicum (Chilli)* for you!

Blood glucose:

In animal and human research, capsaicin was shown in some cases to reduce blood glucose (Tolan et al, 2004, Chaiyata et al 2003 & 2009), these studies have been conducted on Capsicum frutescens, which is a different species of chilli to the one we use in Capsiplex, but these two species share a lot of the same active chemicals.

Lipids:

In rats, Capsicum was shown to reduce cholesterol levels (Gupta et al 2002). In humans, the carotenoid capsanthin, a constituent of Capsicum anuum, resulted in increases in plasma HDL cholesterol and had no effect on plasma total cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations (Aizawa et al 2009).

Capsaicin resulted in reduced LDL cholesterol and increased HDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels in rats (Lee et al 2003).

Weight Loss: Human studies

Chili was shown in this study to reduce high insulin levels after meals in one study (Ahuja et al, 2006). A dietary Capsicum ingestion led to increases in carbohydrate oxidation both at rest and during exercise, this may mean further studies into the role of capsicum and its role in the breakdown of carbohydrates in the body might be worthwhile (Lim et al, 1997).

Other studies have found that capsaicin or other constituents of Capsicum were found to increase energy expenditure during exercise and play a role in the breakdown of fat (Inoue et al 2007, Lejeune et al, 2003, Shin et al, 2007).

A study which included cayenne in the meals of overweight individuals showed a decrease in hunger and an increase in feeling full, suggesting a role for capsicum in appetite suppression (Reinbach et al, 1999).

An appetite and energy intake suppressive effect of cayenne has been shown in Japanese females and Caucasian males (Yoshioka et al et al 1999). In Thai women, 5g of fresh chili pepper was found to increase the metabolic rate, indicated that it perhaps aids in weight loss (Chaiyata et al 1997).

In animal studies:

The various other constituents other than were also for weight loss effects in humans and non- pungent capsinoids were found to have a positive role. (Snitker et al 2009)

Although the mechanism of action of capsaicin in weight loss is not clear, some evidence from animal studies suggests that vanilloid receptors may play a role in regulation of body weight (Melnyk et al, 1995, Zhang et al, 2007).

Also, in animal study, capsaicin induced thermogenesis by a mechanism likely involving beta-adrenergic stimulation (Osaka et al, 2002). Other potential mechanisms include stopping the release of the enzyme that converts fats to adipose tissue (kang et al, 2007), activation of glycolytic enzymes (Han et al, 2009), and increase in thermogenesis (Hachiya et al, 2007).

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*These are not studies conducted on our product and we do not make health claims based on of the evidence found in these studies. They are for interest reference only. Food supplements are to be taken in addition to normal nutrition. Always consult your doctor, healthcare provider or pharmacist for more advice.

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