Regular consumption of a cocoa product improves the cardiometabolic profile in healthy and moderately hypercholesterolaemic adults

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 122-134

  Sarriá, Beatriz ^a   Martínez López, Sara ^a   Sierra Cinos, José Luis ^b   García Diz, Luis ^b   Mateos, Raquel ^a   Bravo, Laura ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD SCIENCE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adhesion molecules; Antioxidants; Cocoa polyphenols; Cytokines; Dietary fibre; HDL cholesterol; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MALONALDEHYDE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; POLYPHENOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; UREA; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MILK; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHIAL CIRCUMFERENCE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; OXIDATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THIGH CIRCUMFERENCE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CYTOKINES; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; POLYPHENOLS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891819269     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711451300202X     Document Type: Article

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