Hibiscus and Increased HDL Cholesterol Levels

• Efficacy and safety of Hibiscus sabdariffa in cardiometabolic health: An overview of reviews and updated dose-response meta-analysis.

  • 2025-05
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 1,797
  • Complementary therapies in medicine 89
  • • Mostafa Norouzzadeh
    • Minoo Hasan Rashedi
    • Mohammad Hesam Azizi
    • Farshad Teymoori
    • Zohreh Maghsoomi
    • Farzad Shidfar

  • PubMed: 39870328
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2025.103135

  6 Insights on

  • Increased HDL Cholesterol Levels

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  HS also reduced total cholesterol, LDL-C, fasting blood glucose, and increased HDL-C.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes