Hot Sauce Diet

Lisa Malak
(CBS News) ATLANTA, GA

Something ailing you?

It might be time to hit the sauce. The *Hot* Sauce, that is. Dr. Spiro Antoniades is a runner, but didn't always have a runner's body. Last year he decided to make himself suffer for eating the wrong things. Before every meal, he downed a shot of Hot Sauce.

Dr. Antoniades is now seventy pounds lighter, and shares his so-called "Hot Sauce Diet" with other doctors. While it has no real science behind it, some think it works by tricking the mind. If you have a dose of Hot Sauce every time you eat junk food, you'll avoid the junk food to avoid the pain.

"It kind of slows me down, shocks me a little bit and it makes me drink some water, and calms down my abnormal appetites."

The burning chemical in Hot Peppers is called Capsaicin. It can lower blood pressure, cholesterol, and even fight some cancers. But as for Dr.Antonadies, he thinks he's solved his weight problem. A dose of Hot Sauce, a little pain, and no weight gain.

But Doctors warn, it could be a problem for people with stomach issues.