Sentences with phrase «of cocoa flavanols»

A new, extensive five - year study on the effects of cocoa flavanols on cardiovascular disease is slated to begin in 2015 and will hopefully reveal more about the antioxidant's impact on memory.

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.

The other found that cognition improved with intake of cocoa flavanols up to quite high doses — elderly given 1 g / day cocoa flavanols performed significantly better on cognitive tests than those given lower doses.

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.

Tienush Rassaf, MD (University Hospital Essen, Germany) and his colleagues tested the potential of cocoa flavanols, a subgroup of plant - derived polyphenols that are present in cocoa and have been shown to have beneficial effects on blood vessel function in individuals with normal kidney function.

After eight weeks, the participants who consumed medium to high amount of cocoa flavanols every day made significant improvements on tests that measured attention, executive function and memory.

Studies of cocoa flavanols have come back with better blood pressure and cholesterol.

CocoaVia is a cocoa extract supplement that delivers a high concentration of cocoa flavanols.

The team randomized 57 dialysis patients to ingest either a test beverage rich in cocoa flavanols (900 mg per day) or a control beverage that was free of cocoa flavanols but matched the nutrient content of the test beverage in all other aspects.

The studies also provide novel data to indicate that intake of cocoa flavanols reduces the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Aviva Rutkin reports that a group of middle - aged people fed 900 milligrams of cocoa flavanols a day showed memory improvements...

The effects of relatively long - term ingestion of cocoa flavanols (ranging from 5 days up to 3 months) has generally been investigated in elderly individuals.

Chocolate and the brain: Neurobiological impact of cocoa flavanols on cognition and behavior.

She works for Mars Symbioscience in Germantown, Md. «It is a common myth that chocolate with a high percent of cocoa solids (such as 70 percent dark chocolate) has higher levels of cocoa flavanols,» she says.

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.

Participants were asked to drink a special brew of cocoa flavanols each day.

In another study, people who were diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment were given either 1 g or 0,5 g of cocoa flavanols for 8 weeks.

The most delicious ones — your Snick Bars, Reese's Cups, and Milky Ways — don't contain very much actual cocoa (although though they do contain quite a lot of actual fat and actual sugar), and they certainly don't contain enough cocoa flavanols to have much of an impact; to ingest 900 mg of cocoa flavanols, you'd need to put away 25 candy bars, according to Time.

The neuroprotective effects of cocoa flavanol and its influence on cognitive performance.

«This result suggests the potential of cocoa flavanols to protect cognition in vulnerable populations over time by improving cognitive performance.

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

One group's brew contained a low amount of cocoa flavanols (48 milligrams [mg] a day), and another contained a medium amount (520 mg), and the third one contained a high amount (993 mg).

He cited as an example Mars company's CocoaVia cocoa - extract supplement that promises to deliver 375 mg of cocoa flavanols — antioxidants — in each serving to promote good health.

Although randomized controlled trials investigating the acute effect of cocoa flavanols are sparse, most of them point towards a beneficial effect on cognitive performance.

Blood flow was significantly increased after either five days of 150 mg a day or a one - time dose of 450 mg of cocoa flavanols.

The neuroprotective effects of cocoa flavanol and its influence on cognitive performance.

«The present findings support recent clinical trials suggesting that regular intake of cocoa flavanols may have a beneficial effect on cognitive function, and possibly protect against normal age - related cognitive decline.»

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