Open AccessConsumption of chilies and sweet peppers is associated with lower risk of sarcopenia in older adults
Author(s) -
Xuena Wang,
Xiaohui Wu,
Guang Meng,
Shanshan Bian,
Zhang Qing,
Li Liu,
Hongmei Wang,
Yeqing Gu,
Shunming Zhang,
Yawen Wang,
Tingjing Zhang,
Xingqi Cao,
Huiping Li,
Yunyun Liu,
Xiaoyue Li,
Kun Song,
Kaijun Niu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 90
ISSN - 1945-4589
DOI - 10.18632/aging.104168
Subject(s) - sarcopenia , medicine , consumption (sociology) , gerontology , environmental health , sociology , social science
Sarcopenia is an aging-related loss of muscle mass and function, which induces numerous adverse outcomes. Capsaicin and capsiate, separately extracted from chilies and sweet peppers, have the potential to induce muscle hypertrophy via activation of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1. The present study aimed to investigate whether chili and sweet pepper consumption are related to sarcopenia in the elderly general population.