11 Diet Hacks You Should Never Try, According to Nutritionists

"Another tactic I've heard is for people to do extremes like either eating really bland foods (because they heard that will save calories) or eating really spicy foods to burn calories," says Spence. As she rightly points out, just because food tastes bland, it doesn't make it low calorie. And although spicy foods raise your metabolism slightly, she says it's generally not enough to make a difference in how your body burns off a meal.

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