Chili Pepper and Reduced Systolic Blood Pressure

• The influence of pepper-derived compounds on blood pressure and heart rate: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

  • 2026
  • Review
  • Food & function 17(11)
  • • Peng Cheng
    • Tianyu Liang
    • Kousalya Prabahar
    • Jiechao Hu
    • Weiling Ye

  • PubMed: 42148967
  • DOI: 10.1039/d6fo00419a

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Systolic Blood Pressure

  • Moderate evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Adults

  Capsaicinoid, capsinoid, and pepper-based interventions did not significantly affect SBP (WMD: -0.34 mmHg; 95% CI: -1.78 to 1.09; p = 0.642)

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No