Dark chocolate: An obesity paradox or a culprit for weight gain?

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 791-797

  Farhat, Grace ^a   Drummond, Sandra ^a   Fyfe, Lorna ^a   Al Dujaili, E A S ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dark chocolate; flavanol; obesity; polyphenol; satiety

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; FLAVONE; FLAVONOID; ISOFLAVONE; POLYPHENOL; PROANTHOCYANIDIN;

ADIPOGENESIS; BODY FAT; CACAO; DARK CHOCOLATE; DIGESTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS NONHUMAN DATA; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID ABSORPTION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID STORAGE; LIPID TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROADIPOCYTE; REVIEW; SATIETY; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

DARK CHOCOLATE; FLAVANOL; OBESITY; POLYPHENOL; SATIETY;

ANIMALS; CACAO; CANDY; DIET; HUMANS; OBESITY; POLYPHENOLS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84902239715     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5062     Document Type: Review

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