date:Jul 25, 2012
m chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut linking cocoa to improved blood flow.
Cognitive benefits
Assessing many studies Callebaut used to win the EFSA nod, Nehlig concluded:Cocoa powder and chocolate contain a large percentage of flavonoids that display several beneficial actions on the brain.
She said that cocoa flavanols could inhibit brain cells from dying by delivering blood to capillaries, which could create new blood vessels.
Epicatechin, the main flavonoid in cocoa was considered th