Most of the cocoa cultivated in Africa is exported to the major centres
of cocoa consumption in Europe and North America, with the Netherlands and the US maintaining their positions as the world's two leading cocoa processing countries, the ICCO added.
The assistant professor of physical therapy and physician assistant studies teamed up with colleagues at the University of Georgia to examine the «acute effects of brewed
cocoa consumption on attention, motivation to perform cognitive work and feelings of anxiety, energy and fatigue.»
It has to be noted though, that the effects depended on the length and mental load of the used cognitive tests to measure the effect of
acute cocoa consumption.
In another study that tracked 470 elderly men for over 15 years,
regular cocoa consumption was found to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death by 50 %.
It's selling a mix of kundalini yoga and ritualistic Mayan hot -
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However, a recent clinical trial (39) did not find any beneficial effects of short - term (6 wk) dark chocolate and
cocoa consumption on cardiovascular outcomes or on neuropsychological tests.
Satisfies my chocolate craving and tastes fabulous: > I remember hearing about a Canadian study on
cocoa consumption and reduction in skin cancer - I think it's ongoing.