date:Jun 17, 2013
d 32% lower liver triglyceride levels than the mice not fed cocoa.
High levels of insulin and triglyceride are related to inflammation and diabetes.
In addition, there was a slight but significant drop in the rate of body weight gain in the group of mice fed with the cocoa supplement.
Although cocoa's role in mitigating inflammation is yet to be identified, Joshua Lambert, associate professor of food science, has proposed two theories.
One theory is that the excess fat may activate a distres