Sentences with phrase «cocoa flavanols for»

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Here, for instance, is an NPR article explaining «a study that found cocoa flavanols can help boost mood and sustain clear thinking among adults who are engaged in intense mental efforts — like students cramming, or journalists on deadline.»

There are two types of antioxidants used in beverages: those that help preserve the product itself such as mixed tocopherols and rosemary extract; and those with nutritional benefits (CoQ - 10, pycnogenol, berry extracts, cocoa flavanols, etc.) Berry juices and extracts often are used for flavor as well as antioxidant benefits.

He suggested these findings would be of specific interest to chocolate manufacturers responding to a demand for healthier chocolate, citing Mars's CocoaVia range, which promises to deliver 375 mg of cocoa flavanol antioxidants per serving.

Earlier studies have demonstrated that cocoa flavanol intake improves the elasticity of blood vessels and lowers blood pressure — but, for the most part, these investigations have focused on high - risk individuals like smokers and people that have already been diagnosed with conditions like hypertension and coronary heart disease.

In young and healthy adults, for example, a high demanding cognitive test was required to uncover the subtle immediate behavioral effects that cocoa flavanols have on this group.

It turns out that for them cognitive performance was improved by a daily intake of cocoa flavanols.

In their recent review published in Frontiers in Nutrition, Italian researchers examined the available literature for the effects of acute and chronic administration of cocoa flavanols on different cognitive domains.

«Oligomeric PCs appear to possess the greatest antiobesity and antidiabetic bioactivities of the flavanols in cocoa, particularly at the low doses employed for the present study,» the researchers state.

Chocolate for breakfast is also totally justifiable when you wake up feeling bummed — those cocoa flavanols to help you think clearly and prevent stress from hijacking your day right out of the gate.

For the study, which was published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, a group of scientists from Columbia University and NYU gave a daily dose of flavanols extracted from cocoa powder to a small number of healthy 50 - to 69 - year - old subjects.

«Dark chocolate, a high source of polyphenols, and flavanols in particular, has lately received attention for its possible role in modulating obesity because of its potential effect on fat and carbohydrate metabolism, as well as on satiety... The research undertaken to date has shown promising results, with the possible implication of cocoa / dark chocolate in the modulation of obesity and body weight through several mechanisms including decreasing the expression of genes involved in fatty acid synthesis, reducing the digestion and absorption of fats and carbohydrates and increasing satiety.»

Plant chemicals in cocoa known as flavanols help the body synthesize the compound nitric oxide, which is critical for healthy blood flow and healthy blood pressure.

In fact, one study found that drinking hot cocoa rich in flavanols (read: dark hot chocolate) boosted blood flow to parts of the brain for up to three hours, improving alertness and performance on simple calculations.

In another study, older adults who took a supplement made with high - flavanol cocoa for 3 months performed better on memory tests.

According their study, Italian researchers tested the effect of cocoa flavanols in 90 healthy adults between the age of 61 to 81 whose memories and thinking skills were in pretty good shape for their ages.

Findings from the two studies demonstrate cocoa flavanols reduce age - related blood vessel changes, a benefit critically important for health.

I'm paying Mars a buck a day for Cocoa Via which has 250 mg of cocoa flavanols.

It's not just a sweet treat but this vegan dessert has benefits including the better for your fats in avocado and flavanols in the cocoa.