Chocolate and Cocoa Extracts beats cholesterol
Wow... This is exciting research on how healthy chocolate flavonoids increasing antioxidant is good for your heart by lowing your LDL and incressing the HDL I just pulled parts of this article, you will find a link to the full article below.
Chocolate and Cocoa Extracts beats cholesterol
Diets high in flavonoid-rich cocoa powder and dark chocolate have a favourable effect on LDL ("bad" cholesterol) when compared with diets that limit or exclude other flavonoid sources such as tea, coffee, wine and onions, US researchers reveal this week.
Scientists at Penn State led by Dr. Penny Kris-Etherton , evaluated and compared LDL (low density lipoprotein) susceptibility to oxidation when the test subjects, 23 men and women, ate an average American diet purposely low in flavonoids and a diet that contained about one and a quarter oz (38 grams) of cocoa powder and dark chocolate which are rich flavonoid sources.
Oxidation of LDLs is thought to play an important role in the development of atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries. Increasing LDL's resistance to oxidation is thought to possibly delay the progression of the disease. Flavonoids, which are present in a wide variety of plants, have long been known to inhibit LDL oxidation.
The study is detailed in a paper, "Effects of cocoa powder and dark chocolate on LDL oxidative
susceptibility and prostaglandin concentration in humans" published in the November issue of the
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Analysis of their blood plasma also showed that total antioxidant capacity was four per cent
greater after the cocoa and chocolate containing diet. HDL cholesterol (the "good" cholesterol)
was four per cent higher after the chocolate diet than after the average American diet.
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Chocolate and Cocoa Extracts beats cholesterol
Diets high in flavonoid-rich cocoa powder and dark chocolate have a favourable effect on LDL ("bad" cholesterol) when compared with diets that limit or exclude other flavonoid sources such as tea, coffee, wine and onions, US researchers reveal this week.
Scientists at Penn State led by Dr. Penny Kris-Etherton , evaluated and compared LDL (low density lipoprotein) susceptibility to oxidation when the test subjects, 23 men and women, ate an average American diet purposely low in flavonoids and a diet that contained about one and a quarter oz (38 grams) of cocoa powder and dark chocolate which are rich flavonoid sources.
Oxidation of LDLs is thought to play an important role in the development of atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries. Increasing LDL's resistance to oxidation is thought to possibly delay the progression of the disease. Flavonoids, which are present in a wide variety of plants, have long been known to inhibit LDL oxidation.
The study is detailed in a paper, "Effects of cocoa powder and dark chocolate on LDL oxidative
susceptibility and prostaglandin concentration in humans" published in the November issue of the
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Analysis of their blood plasma also showed that total antioxidant capacity was four per cent
greater after the cocoa and chocolate containing diet. HDL cholesterol (the "good" cholesterol)
was four per cent higher after the chocolate diet than after the average American diet.
For the complete article on this, goto http://www.cellhealthmakeover.com/cocoa-powder-extract.html
Come and see Our Healthy Chocolate Products they are different, they have retained the flavanols in the cocoa, because our cocoa is cold processed and has no preservatives and little or no sugar added!
For more information on our Chocolate products, Come See Our Site: http://www.greathealthychocolate.com
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