Dark chocolate has more cocoa and more flavanols than milk chocolate,” she says. (1) “The best way of getting cocoa flavanols ...

Given the pleiotropic properties of cocoa flavanols, it is reasonable to propose that they could act as cardioprotectants in the setting of ischemic injury. This possibility was examined in a ...

3 Some of the best evidence to date supports a role for cocoa consumption in reducing or preventing inflammation of the blood vessels.4 In animal studies, cocoa products have been shown to improve ...

Now, in a new study, the same research team has found that drinking cocoa high in flavanols in combination with a fatty meal can counteract some of the impact of fatty food and protect the ...

Drinking cocoa that's high in healthy flavanols along with a fatty meal can counteract some of the impact of fats on the body, particularly the blood vessels, researchers found. "Flavanols are a ...

Now, in a new study, the same research team has found that drinking cocoa high in flavanols in combination with a fatty meal can counteract some of the impact of fatty food and protect the vascular ...