Cocoa flavanol supplementation reduces risk for cardiovascular death

Study participants who were randomly assigned to receive cocoa flavanol supplementation had a 27% lower risk for cardiovascular death than those assigned to placebo, according to data published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
“We see a lot of promise here,” Howard D. Sesso, ScD, MPH, an associate professor in the division of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, told Healio. “We need to learn more about what these flavanols can do in terms of cardiovascular health.”
Cocoa flavanols are believed to be the most relevant bioactive

Study participants who were randomly assigned to receive cocoa flavanol supplementation had a 27% lower risk for cardiovascular death than those assigned to placebo, according to data published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
“We see a lot of promise here,” Howard D. Sesso, ScD, MPH, an associate professor in the division of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, told Healio. “We need to learn more about what these flavanols can do in terms of cardiovascular health.”
Cocoa flavanols are believed to be the most relevant bioactive