Cayenne pepper is great for those who like their food hot, hot, hot.

In fact, the Pioneer Womanadds it to her iced coffeeand we promise it can even taste great insmoothies.

In addition to spicing things up, cayenne pepper also seems to have a number of health benefits.

Cayenne pepper

And more heat equals more calories burned, which means, you guessed it, weight loss!

In addition to its potentialmetabolism-boostingproperties, cayenne may also have the ability to suppress your appetite to some degree.

That would cause more pain than it would cure.

Cayenne peppers

Cayenne peppers

Cayenne pepper