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How do dietary flavanols improve vascular function? A position paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18358827
 
Effects of low habitual cocoa intake on blood pressure and bioactive nitric oxide: a randomized controlled trial: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17609490
 
Effects of chocolate, cocoa, and flavan-3-ols on cardiovascular health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22301923
 
Effect of cocoa and tea intake on blood pressure: a meta-analysis: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17420419
 
Flavanol-rich cocoa induces nitric-oxide-dependent vasodilation in healthy humans: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14654748
 
Effects on peripheral and central blood pressure of cocoa with natural or high-dose theobromine: a randomized, double-blind crossover trial: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20823377
 
Plasma LDL and HDL cholesterol and oxidized LDL concentrations are altered in normo- and hypercholesterolemic humans after intake of different levels of cocoa powder: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17513403
 
Effects of cocoa powder and dark chocolate on LDL oxidative susceptibility and prostaglandin concentrations in humans: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11684527
 
Epicatechin in human plasma: in vivo determination and effect of chocolate consumption on plasma oxidation status: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10917931
 
Daily cocoa intake reduces the susceptibility of low-density lipoprotein to oxidation as demonstrated in healthy human volunteers: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11235000
 
Blood pressure is reduced and insulin sensitivity increased in glucose-intolerant, hypertensive subjects after 15 days of consuming high-polyphenol dark chocolate: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18716168
 
Cocoa reduces blood pressure and insulin resistance and improves endothelium-dependent vasodilation in hypertensives: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16027246
 
Cocoa intake, blood pressure, and cardiovascular mortality: the Zutphen Elderly Study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16505260/
 
Chocolate consumption is inversely associated with calcified atherosclerotic plaque in the coronary arteries: the NHLBI Family Heart Study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20655129
 
Chocolate consumption is inversely associated with prevalent coronary heart disease: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20858571
 
Long-term ingestion of high flavanol cocoa provides photoprotection against UV-induced erythema and improves skin condition in women: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16702322
 
Eating chocolate can significantly protect the skin from UV light: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19735513
 
The effect of flavanol-rich cocoa on the fMRI response to a cognitive task in healthy young people: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16794461
 
Benefits in cognitive function, blood pressure, and insulin resistance through cocoa flavanol consumption in elderly subjects with mild cognitive impairment: the Cocoa, Cognition, and Aging (CoCoA) study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22892813
 
Methylxanthines are the psycho-pharmacologically active constituents of chocolate: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15549276