date:Apr 10, 2014
dividually for health benefits.
Study method
The researchers fed groups of mice different diets, including high-fat and low-fat diets, and high-fat diets supplemented with different kinds of flavanols.
They found that adding one particular set of these compounds, known as oligomeric procyanidins (PCs), to the food made the biggest different in keeping the mices weight down if they were on high-fat diets. They also improved glucose tolerance, which could potentially help prevent type-2 diabete