Chili Pepper and Reduced Blood Cholesterol

• 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

  • Reduced Blood Cholesterol

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  total cholesterol (WMD: -9.97 mg/dL; 95% CI: -17.41 to -2.52; p = 0.009)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes