date:Apr 10, 2014
Societys Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, showed that cocoa, the basic ingredient of chocolate, was one of the most flavanol-rich foods available. Previous research has shown that flavanols in other foods such as grapes and tea can help fight weight gain and type-2 diabetes.
But not flavanols, which are a type of antioxidant, are created equal. Cocoa has several different kinds of these compounds, so the VirginiaTech University researchers decided to tease them apart and test each in