Xuena Wang, Xiaohui Wu, Ge Meng, Shanshan Bian, Qing Zhang, Li Liu, Hongmei Wu, Yeqing Gu, Shunming Zhang, Yawen Wang, Tingjing Zhang, Xingqi Cao, Huiping Li, Yunyun Liu, Xiaoyue Li, Kun Song, Kaijun Niu
BACKGROUND: 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. METHODS: A cross-sectional study with 2,451 participants was performed...
March 26, 2021: Aging