You'd have to eat about seven average-size dark chocolate bars (about 300 grams) per day to emulate the high flavanol doses people consumed during the study: That's 900 milligrams of flavanols (including 138 milligrams of the specific flavanol epicatechin), if you're counting. And while ...
Consumption of dark chocolate or low-flavanol chocolate (2 g) was daily ingested. Genotoxicity in buccal epithelial cells was determined by identify and quantify micronuclei in the exfoliated cells of oral mucosa in individuals before the intervention with chocolate, during the intervention (every ...
科学家最新研究表明,有一种叫黄烷醇(Flavanols)的物质可以延缓记忆力衰退,这种物质多见于水皂角、可可、茶、红酒、苹果中。 Six squares of dark chocolate a day 'may keep the memory loss at bay' ✓ Keep/hold sth at bay = Stop/prevent bad/negative thing from happening 阻止/避免不好的事情发生 P...
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has discovered for the first time that dark chocolate rich in flavanols may provide significant protection from the harmful effects of ultraviolet light. Fresh cocoa beans are extremely rich in flavanols, which are believed to have antioxidant properties. During the...
Washington chocolate producer Steve Kumar said that is one reason dark chocolate is increasingly popular among his customers. "A lot of people are attracted by dark chocolate because they just decide they love it, and they also have been reading all about the health benefits of dark chocolate,"...
dark chocolateanthropometric measuresCardiovascular disease (CVD) is the primary chronic disease afflicting industrialized societies today. Development of atherosclerosis, thrombosis and hypertension is a multifactorial process in which endothelial dysfunction, inflammatory response, modified lipids and lipoproteins ...
Theobromine may contribute to the effect of dark chocolate on endothelium function. Therefore, it could have increased the microcirculatory delivery of flavanols in both groups (as the LFC group also showed significant flavanol elevation), and masked the isolated action of polyphenols. Moreover, ...
Cocoa flavanols are found in abundance incocoa powder, and to a lesser extent indark chocolate, and can be consumed as a supplement. Becausecocoaflavanols have a 'vasodilatory' effect, helping to increase blood flow, they've been shown to prevent blood clots and even combat memory decline. ...
It's no secret that dark chocolate is full of antioxidants and other compounds that help boost brain function and mood as well as contribute to heart health. Scientists are even exploring ways to get the beneficial molecules found naturally in the cacao plant into a more concentrated form that...
which is what dark chocolate is made from, contains monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors that cause an increase in dopamine, serotonin, and phenylethylamine release. Some researchers say that the release of the combination of these three neurotransmitters contribute to one’s feelings offalling in love...