Benefits Of Cocoa - Articles

Sort by: Newest Most Comments Relevance

Unsweetened Cocoa Delivers Better Benefits Than Sugary Cocoa by Connie Bennett Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 18 Dec 2008 8:11pm I'm really excited to learn about a small study, which found that you can derive even more benefits from chocolate without having to down sugar at the same time. You see, we keep hearing about all the benefits of dark chocolate or cacao, which contain a large amount of antioxidants or flavinoids -- perhaps even more so than green tea, red wine Read on »

More Evidence of Cocoa's Health Benefits by Michelle T Patient Expert

Posted Mon 07 Jul 2008 7:16pm . Flavanols, natural plant compounds also found in tea, red wine, and certain fruits and vegetables, are responsible for cocoa's healthful benefits. It is thought that these flavanols... normal chocolate does not provide the same benefits. The high-flavanol cocoa used in this study, which provided many times more flavanols than the typical U.S. dietary intake of 20 Read on »

More Evidence of Cocoa's Health Benefits by Michelle T Patient Expert

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 3:59pm . Flavanols, natural plant compounds also found in tea, red wine, and certain fruits and vegetables, are responsible for cocoa's healthful benefits. It is thought that these flavanols... eating normal chocolate does not provide the same benefits. The high-flavanol cocoa used in this study, which provided many times more flavanols than the typical U.S. dietary Read on »

Cocoa’s Heart Healthy Mechanism Identified by WorldHealth.net Posted Tue 15 Feb 2011 12:22am Foods | A number of previous studies have identified a role for cocoa to exert cardiovascular benefits, most notably via the food’s rich... examined the effects of cacao polyphenols such as (−)-epicatechin, (+)-catechin, and procyanidin B2 and C1 in human intestinal cells. The team discovered that the polyphenols Read on »

Winter is back.. we need hot cocoa, Healthy hot cocoa by Amy R. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 05 Mar 2010 8:01am healthy version: 1 cup low fat milk 1 TBL Agave syrup (or honey) (if your kids are used to Nesquik or other sweeter cocoas, you may want to use 2 TBL 2 TBL cocoa powder (the 100% cocoa powder) Mix together over the stove, or in the microwave until warm and dissolved. If you love chocolate you will be happy to know a few things: Although Read on »

Cocoa Puffs are Making Me Cuckoo - New Flavor of Cocoa Puffs Uses Peanut Flour! by Jennifer O. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 22 Jan 2009 6:37pm

1 Comment We went to my not so favorite local grocery chain to do some basic shopping yesterday, and made an amazingly disturbing discovery. On occasion, we get Cocoa Puffs, since it is safe and chocolaty, and I sometimes even enjoy it myself. My twins were with me, and spotted this new flavor of Cocoa Puffs - chocolate and vanilla. Excited by a cocoa Read on »

Chocolate maker to make medicine from cocoa by Dhrumil Purohit Patient Expert

Posted Sun 14 Sep 2008 6:12pm . One quick note - this article is talking about cocoa which is different than cacao. Cocoa is the cooked/processed form of the chocolate plant bean. Cacao is the raw/natural form of the chocolate plant bean. Cacao is understood to be far more medicinal than cocoa, but some people say that both suck. What do you think? Thanks to tipster Milan for the link Read on »

Cocoa and Chocolate: Sweet News in Time for V-Day! by Michelle T Patient Expert

Posted Mon 07 Jul 2008 7:16pm , nuts, purple grapes, red wine and teas. An interesting fact is that cocoa beans are not actually beans. They are seeds from the fruit of the Theobroma cacao tree. The seeds (cocoa beans) are used to make cocoa and chocolate. Natural cocoa powder is made by pressing most of the cocoa butter out of the cocoa beans. Chocolate is made from the whole Read on »

You Ask, I Answer: Cocoa by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Sat 21 Feb 2009 9:36pm ; too many people get them confused! In order to make cocoa powder, cocoa beans are first fermented, roasted, and shelled. Inside that shell are cacao nibs, which undergo... looking and said on the front: Hershey's Cocoa (100% cacao) and in a pretty section, red background, gold letters: "SPECIAL DARK [trademark symbol] A BLEND OF NATURAL AND DUTCHED Read on »

Flavanol-rich Cocoa Consumption Improves Blood Flow to the Brain by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert

Posted Wed 27 May 2009 11:39pm In this first-of-its-kind study, the researchers found both short and long-term benefits of cocoa flavanols for brain blood flow, offering future potential for the one in seven older... flavanols in cocoa. The high-flavanol cocoa powders made using the Mars Cocoapro® process are thoroughly characterized in terms of nutrient content, as well as standardized Read on »