Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - A new study has revealed that eating hot peppers such as jalapenos, habaneros, serranos, and chili peppers may be the key to weight loss as well as good health.

The study was carried out by researchers at the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, and focused on potential health benefits received from these peppers.

The study was conducted on 34 people trying to lose weight.

They used a pill known as DCT or dihydrocapsiate to simulate the same effects of capsaicin found in peppers.

They then went on a low-calorie liquid diet for 28 days, with half taking a placebo and half taking DCT.

What they found was astounding, as they found that consuming these peppers may actually help spark weight loss.

Researchers are now under the assumption that these betters can literally burn fat in your body.

This is done through the heat that they generate when you consume them. This heat from the concentration of capsaicin, which makers peppers hot, can actually allow your body to burn more calories than usual.

The amount of capsaicin that you consume with each pepper really does depend on the pepper.

The hotter the pepper that you are consuming, the higher the levels will be.

The bottom line here is that by eating jalapeno, habanero, chili peppers, etc. regularly, you could not only lose weight, but also improve your health.

The findings were presented at the Experimental Biology 2010 meeting.