ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Chocolate, "Food of the Gods": History, Science, and Human Health.
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 104 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The Health Effects of Chocolate and Cocoa: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of cocoa flavanol supplementation for the prevention of cardiovascular disease events: the COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS) randomized clinical trial.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Trial
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- New light on changes in the number and function of blood platelets stimulated by cocoa and its products.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
- Application of a Two-Dimensional Mapping-Based Visualization Technique: Nutrient-Value-Based Food Grouping.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Can Chocolate Be Classified as an Ultra-Processed Food? A Short Review on Processing and Health Aspects to Help Answer This Question.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Fortification of chocolates with high-value-added plant-based substances: Recent trends, current challenges, and future prospects.Food science & nutrition · 2023Review
- Shades of Fine Dark Chocolate Colors: Polyphenol Metabolomics and Molecular Networking to Enlighten the Brown from the Black.Metabolites · 2023Article
- Bioaccessibility and Bioavailability of Diet Polyphenols and Their Modulation of Gut Microbiota.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Natural Compounds and Products from an Anti-Aging Perspective.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
Chocolate is well known for its fine flavor, and its history began in ancient times, when the Maya considered chocolate (a cocoa drink prepared with hot water) the "Food of the Gods". The food industry produces many different types of chocolate: in recent years, dark chocolate, in particular, has gained great popularity. Interest in chocolate has grown, owing to its physiological and potential health effects, such as regulation of blood pressure, insulin levels, vascular functions, oxidation processes, prebiotic effects, glucose homeostasis, and lipid metabolism. However, further translational and epidemiologic studies are needed to confirm available results and to evaluate other possible effects related to the consumption of cocoa and chocolate, verifying in humans the effects hitherto demonstrated only in vitro, and suggesting how best to consume (in terms of dose, mode, and time) chocolate in the daily diet.
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