Dark Chocolate Intake Buffers Stress Reactivity in Humans
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2014 To the Editor: Dark chocolate consumption substantially lowers cardiovascular mortality due to the high content of polyphenolic flavonoids [(1)][1], but underlying mechanisms remain unclear.
Wirtz, Petra H +7 more
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Anthropologist, heal thyself: Toward an anthropology of healing through relational interbeing
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract I call for an anthropology that confronts its own woundedness. Anthropologists often bear witness to suffering but rarely examine how our own grief, trauma, and institutional distress shape the affective tone of our work. Drawing on fieldwork with Runa (Quechua) women affected by forced sterilization in Peru and guided by my collaborator and ...
Lucía Isabel Stavig
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Study on Chocolate Production from Coconut Oil and Palm Oil Shortening
CORD, 2013 Chocolate is a well-known dessert all over the world. The original chocolate is made from cocoa products: cocoa bean and cocoa butter. Research and Development on low-fat chocolate process were conducted for value addition of coconut oil and Thai fruit ...
Wilaisri Limphapayom
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Effect of Roasting on the Development of Flavour in Malaysian Cocoa Beans (Theobroma Cacao L.) [PDF]
, 1986 Malaysian cocoa beans have been characterised by chocolate manufacturers as lacking strong Cocoa flavour. To have an insight into the flavour problem, research was carried out to see how roasting would affect the chemical and flavour compliments as ...
Ab Aziz, Faridah
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Enhancing human cognition with cocoa flavonoids [PDF]
, 2017 Enhancing cognitive abilities has become a fascinating scientific challenge, recently driven by the interest in preventing age-related cognitive decline and sustaining normal cogni-tive performance in response to cognitively demanding environments.
DE GENNARO, Luigi +4 more
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Dietary and biomarker‐guided strategies as supportive measures in the fragile X syndrome
Food Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.Abstract The fragile X syndrome (FXS) is an inherited neurodevelopmental disorder that primarily affects males, often resulting in an IQ below 55, while about two‐thirds of females also experience intellectual disability. Physical features may include an elongated face, prominent ears, finger joint laxity, and enlarged testes in males.
Jailan E. El Halawani, Reem R. AlOlaby
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Classification of cocoa beans based on their fluorescent fingerprint to predict sensory poles of chocolates? [PDF]
, 2018 Natures and quantities of aroma compounds present in chocolate vary according to several criteria such as the origin and the variety of cocoa beans, the cocoa post-harvest treatment and the process of manufacturing chocolate. These organoleptic qualities
Alary, Karine +6 more
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The Non‐Professional Virtues of the Hospice Volunteer
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Volunteers have long played a significant role in hospice care. Much of the care volunteers provide consists of weekly hour‐long in‐home visits. Home‐visiting hospice volunteers are not professionals, nor are they strangers or intimates. Hospice volunteers will not typically face moral dilemmas, nor be called upon to make dramatic decisions ...
Michael B. Gill
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Efecto de una bebida lactea a base de cocoa sobre la presión arterial y la función endotelial en pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca: ensayo clínico aleatorizado, a doble ciego, controlado con placebo. Effect of a cocoa milky drink on arterial pressure and endothelial function of patients with heart failure: a randomized, double-blinded and placebo-controlled clinical trial. [PDF]
Revista Cubana de Cardiología y Cirugía Cardiovascular, 2011 Introduction There is evidence that chocolate, rich in flavonoids, may have the potential toimprove cardiovascular health. The beneficial cardiovascular effects of flavonoidsare attributed to their ability to improve endothelial function, throughthe ...
Patricia Montaño Hernández +7 more
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Cocoa and Dark Chocolate Polyphenols: From Biology to Clinical Applications
Frontiers in Immunology, 2017 It is well known that cocoa and dark chocolate possess polyphenols as major constituents whose dietary consumption has been associated to beneficial effects. In fact, cocoa and dark chocolate polyphenols exert antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities
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