Cocoa may enhance skeletal muscle function

Friday, March 2, 2012 - 20:30 in Health & Medicine

A small clinical trial found that patients with advanced heart failure and type 2 diabetes showed improved mitochondrial structure after three months of treatment with epicatechin-enriched cocoa. Epicatechin is a flavonoid found in dark chocolate.

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