American Heart Association scientific committees’ member and volunteer expert, Penny Kris-Etherton, Ph.D., RD, FAHA, FNLA, FASN, CLS, is distinguished professor of nutrition in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.

Offering perspective on AHA Scientific Sessions 2020 Presentation P1036 
copyright American Heart Association 2020

"Chili peppers have anti-inflammatory, antioxidants, and anti-thrombotic effects. That's also can lower blood glucose levels. So they may be working through those mechanisms in their beneficial associations on those three main end points: total mortality, cancer mortality, and cardiovascular mortality."