Cocoa and Improved Vascular Endothelial Function

• Flavan-3-ols and Vascular Health: Clinical Evidence and Mechanisms of Action.

  • 2024-07-30
  • Review
  • Nutrients 16(15)
  • • Justyna Godos
    • Giovanni Luca Romano
    • Samuele Laudani
    • Lucia Gozzo
    • Ida Guerrera
    • Irma Dominguez Azpíroz
    • Raquel Martínez Diaz
    • José L Quiles
    • Maurizio Battino
    • Filippo Drago
    • Francesca Giampieri
    • Fabio Galvano
    • Giuseppe Grosso

  • PubMed: 39125353
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu16152471

  2 Insights on

  • Improved Vascular Endothelial Function

  • Moderate evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  supplementation with flavan-3-ols mostly derived from cocoa products significantly reduces blood pressure and improves endothelial function

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes