chili pepper; jalapeno
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Indications
- spicy food comsumption* associated with lower mortality[1]
- 14% lower mortality with consumption of spicy foods at least 3X/week[1]
- reduction in mortality due to cancer, ischemic heart disease, & respiratory disease[1]
- reduction in total & cardiovascular mortality (RR= 0.8)[4]
- no reduction in cancer mortality[4]
- effects independent of Mediterranean diet
- higher intake of any type of chili pepper associated with lower motality from cardiovascular disease, cancer, or all causes in middle-aged adults[5]
- 26%, 23%, and 25% relative reduction of death from cardiovascular disease, cancer, & all causes, respectively, for the highest vs lowest or no consumption of chili peppers[4]
- high chili pepper consumption linked to reduced risk for mortality[6]
- cardiovascular mortality, cancer-related mortality, all-cause mortality
- not cerebrovascular mortality
- optimal chili pepper consumption unknown[6]
* chili pepper most commonly used spice[1]
Mechanism of action
- vasoactive substance, vasocontrictor[2]
Complications
More general terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lv J, Qi L, Yu C et at Consumption of spicy foods and total and cause specific mortality: population based cohort study. BMJ 2015;351:h3942 http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h3942
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Boddhula SK, Boddhula S, Gunasekaran K, Bischof E. An unusual cause of thunderclap headache after eating the hottest pepper in the world - "The Carolina Reaper" BMJ Case Reports 2018. April 9 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29632122 <Internet> http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/bcr-2017-224085
- ↑ Wikipedia:Chili pepper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili_pepper
Wikipedia: Carolina Reaper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Reaper - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Bonaccio M, Di Castelnuovo A, Costanzo S et al Chili Pepper Consumption and Mortality in Italian Adults. J Am Coll Cardiol. 74(25) December 2019. <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31856971 <Internet> http://www.onlinejacc.org/content/74/25/3139
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Busko M Chili Pepper Consumption Linked to Better Midlife Survival. Medscape - Nov 23, 2020 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/941463
Kaur M et al Cardiovascular Mortality - A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Nov 13, 2020 https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/?&_ga=2.247350852.11401197.1601999658-974688962.1581616096#!/9144/presentation/39489 - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Welsh ET Consuming chili pepper linked to lower all-cause, CV, cancer-related mortality. Cardiology Today. Jan 4, 2022 https://www.healio.com/news/cardiology/20220104/consuming-chili-pepper-linked-to-lower-allcause-cv-cancerrelated-mortality