date:Jun 21, 2013
olate per day. Both diets contained equivalent amounts of caffeine and theobromine (both found in chocolate). Cocoa butter was added to the control diet to compensate for the extra cocoa butter found in the chocolate added to the other diet.
The researchers found that LDL extracted from study participants oxidized significantly more slowly following the chocolate diet than following the control diet. In addition, total antioxidant capacity and HDL cholesterol were significantly higher after the