Acute Effects of Cocoa Flavanols on Blood Pressure and Peripheral Vascular Reactivity in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Essential Hypertension
Nutrients. 2022 Jun 28;14(13):2692. doi: 10.3390/nu14132692. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with a high risk of vascular complications. Interestingly, cocoa flavanols...
Assessing Variability in Vascular Response to Cocoa With Personal Devices: A Series of Double-Blind Randomized Crossover n-of-1 Trials
Front Nutr. 2022 Jun 13;9:886597. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.886597. eCollection 2022. ABSTRACT Controlled clinical intervention studies have demonstrated that cocoa flavanols (CF) can decrease blood pressure and...
Dietary Bioflavanol Supplementation Does Not Improve Cold-Induced Vasodilation in Healthy Adults
FASEB J. 2022 May;36 Suppl 1. doi: 10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.R3395. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Cold-induced vasodilation (CIVD) is a cyclical rise in blood flow to glabrous skin that occurs...
Signaling pathways and the potential anticarcinogenic effect of native Brazilian fruits on breast cancer
Food Res Int. 2022 May;155:111117. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2022.111117. Epub 2022 Mar 11. ABSTRACT Breast cancer (BC) is the type of cancer with the highest incidence and...
Impact of Bioactive Compounds of Plant Leaf Powders in White Chocolate Production: Changes in Antioxidant Properties during the Technological Processes
Antioxidants (Basel). 2022 Apr 10;11(4):752. doi: 10.3390/antiox11040752. ABSTRACT Bioactive compounds present in the powdered leaves of matcha green tea (Camellia sinensis L.) (MGTP) and moringa...
Relationship between chocolate consumption and overall and cause-specific mortality, systematic review and updated meta-analysis
Eur J Epidemiol. 2022 Apr 23. doi: 10.1007/s10654-022-00858-5. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Chocolate is a rich dietary source of various bioactive flavonoid compounds. Despite...
UHPLC-MS Characterization, and Antioxidant and Nutritional Analysis of Cocoa Waste Flours from the Peruvian Amazon
Antioxidants (Basel). 2022 Mar 21;11(3):595. doi: 10.3390/antiox11030595. ABSTRACT Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) is a food product used worldwide and a key raw material for chocolate manufacturing....
Bioactive Compounds from Cocoa Husk: Extraction, Analysis and Applications in Food Production Chain
Foods. 2022 Mar 10;11(6):798. doi: 10.3390/foods11060798. ABSTRACT Cocoa husk is considered a waste product after cocoa processing and creates environmental issues. These waste products are...
Bioactive Compounds from Cocoa Husk: Extraction, Analysis and Applications in Food Production Chain
Foods. 2022 Mar 10;11(6):798. doi: 10.3390/foods11060798. ABSTRACT Cocoa husk is considered a waste product after cocoa processing and creates environmental issues. These waste products are...
Effect of cocoa flavanol supplementation for prevention of cardiovascular disease events: The COSMOS randomized clinical trial
Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Mar 16:nqac055. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqac055. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Cocoa extract is a source of flavanols that favorably influence...
The Effect of Dietary Polyphenols on Vascular Health and Hypertension: Current Evidence and Mechanisms of Action
Nutrients. 2022 Jan 27;14(3):545. doi: 10.3390/nu14030545. ABSTRACT The aim of this review was to explore existing evidence from studies conducted on humans and summarize the...
Cocoa By-Products: Characterization of Bioactive Compounds and Beneficial Health Effects
Molecules. 2022 Mar 1;27(5):1625. doi: 10.3390/molecules27051625. ABSTRACT The annual production of cocoa is approximately 4.7 million tons of cocoa beans, of which only 10% corresponds...
Vasoactive Properties of a Cocoa Shell Extract: Mechanism of Action and Effect on Endothelial Dysfunction in Aged Rats
Antioxidants (Basel). 2022 Feb 21;11(2):429. doi: 10.3390/antiox11020429. ABSTRACT Cocoa has cardiovascular beneficial effects related to its content of antioxidant phytochemicals. Cocoa manufacturing produces large amounts...
Flavanol Consumption in Healthy Men Preserves Integrity of Immunological-Endothelial Barrier Cell Functions: Nutri(epi)genomic Analysis
Mol Nutr Food Res. 2022 Jan 30:e2100991. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.202100991. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT SCOPE: While cocoa flavanol (CF) consumption improves cardiovascular risk biomarkers, molecular...
Consumption of caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee enriched with cocoa and fructo-oligosaccharides among non-diabetic persons: Double blind randomized clinical trial
J Food Biochem. 2022 Jan 21:e14081. doi: 10.1111/jfbc.14081. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Food industry has been investing in bringing to the market coffee-based drinks...