date:Apr 28, 2012
ivalent to 7 mg/kg body weight/day.
In this regard, the concentration of capsaicinoids used in the present study could achieve its cholesterol-lowering and vascular activity under the normal physiological conditions if the data in hamsters could be extrapolated to those in humans.
Study details
The Hong Kong-based scientists divided lab hamsters into five groups and fed them a high-cholesterol diet supplemented with 0, 0.010, 0.015, 0.020, and 0.030% capsaicinoids for six weeks.
Results showed t