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Cocoa Flavanols: side effects, safety & interactions
Safe; watch caffeine/theobromine and the sugar in chocolate.
- Overall grade
- Grade B
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Safety profile
Safe; watch caffeine/theobromine and the sugar in chocolate.
Interactions to respect
Blood-pressure medications — Additive blood-pressure lowering.
What Cocoa Flavanols is
Cocoa flavanols are polyphenols in cocoa (and dark chocolate) studied for vascular and cognitive health.
The honest bottom line
A real vascular benefit from cocoa flavanols — but get them from a standardized source, not a candy bar. ~500 mg/day.
Related reading
Entries that share this one's tags or conditions.
- Cocoa Flavanols for Blood pressureEvidence grade B — Modest reductionEvidence grade B
- Cocoa FlavanolsThe flavanols in cocoa genuinely improve blood-vessel function and modestly lower blood pressure — the sugar is the catch.Evidence grade B
- Cocoa Flavanols for Cognition / brain blood flowEvidence grade C — EmergingEvidence grade C
- Cocoa Flavanols for Endothelial functionEvidence grade B — Flow-mediated dilationEvidence grade B
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