A hot and spicy member of the chili pepper family, cayenne peppers have been used for food and as a traditional folk medicine for more than 9,000 years. And it’s no wonder why. Containing a phytochemical known as capsaicin, cayenne peppers may offer a wide variety of potential health benefits. Our extra powerful formula provides 450 mg of cayenne per capsule, supplying 100,000 Heat Units (a measure of the capsaicin content in the pepper).Cayenne is used by many today to help support healthy digestion and improved circulation and cardiovascular function. Additionally, because capsaicin may reduce the production of the hunger hormone ghrelin, many people take cayenne first thing in the morning to help support a healthy appetite throughout the day and to potentially increase the amount of heat in the body for a metabolism boost. Consequently, cayenne is often used as part of a comprehensive diet and exercise regimen to support healthy weight management goals.