Chili Pepper and Increased HDL Cholesterol Levels

• The effect of capsaicin, capsinoids, and pepper-based interventions on lipid profiles in overweight or obese individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

  • 2025-09-10
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Diabetes research and clinical practice 229
  • • Qiong Yang
    • Chu La
    • Kousalya Prabahar
    • Mohammad Safargar
    • Hamed Kord-Varkaneh
    • Temuqile
    • Yonggui Wu

  • PubMed: 40939866
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2025.112478

  4 Insights on

  • Increased HDL Cholesterol Levels

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  no significant effects were observed on ... high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No