CHILI PEPPERS REDUCE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND DEATH
CHILI PEPPERS REDUCE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND DEATH
Check out this article from Healio about the benefits of regular consumption of chili peppers noted in a recent study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Healio: Chili pepper consumption may reduce CVD, all-cause mortality
“Regular dietary intake of chili peppers conferred lower risk for all-cause and cardiovascular disease death in Italian adults, independent of CVD risk factors or adherence to a Mediterranean diet.”
“In a cohort of Italian adults from the Molise region of Italy, regular consumption of chili peppers (more than four times per week) was associated with lower all-cause mortality (HR = 0.77; 95% CI, 0.66-0.9) and cardiovascular disease mortality (HR = 0.66; 95% CI, 0.5-0.86) compared with less frequent or no intake of chili peppers.”
“What appears to be most beneficial is the eating pattern, rather than any one food. The Mediterranean diet, which is high in whole grains, fruits, vegetables and legumes, is high in beneficial phytochemicals. Because it is a ‘mainly vegetarian diet,’ the Mediterranean diet is also low in cholesterol and saturated fat,” J. David Spence, CM, MD, professor of neurology and clinical pharmacology and director of the Stroke Prevention and Atherosclerosis Research Centre in London, Ontario, Canada, wrote in a related editorial. “Thus, adopting the Cretan Mediterranean diet would be much more likely to reduce cardiovascular risk than adding Tabasco sauce (McIlhenny Co., Avery Island, Louisiana) to the unhealthy American diet.”
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