date:Jun 21, 2013
published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2011, was a meta-analysis of 10 prior clinical trials on cocoa consumption and cholesterol. The researchers found that in short-term interventions, increases in cocoa consumption significantly reduced levels of both LDL (bad) and total cholesterol, without significant effects on HDL cholesterol.
A second study, conducted by San Diego State University researchers and presented at Experimental Biology 2012, compared 31 people who were ass