Beneficial Effects of Dark Chocolate for Episodic Memory in Healthy Young Adults: A Parallel-Groups Acute Intervention with a White Chocolate Control

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 12; no. 2; p. 483
• Main Authors: Lamport, Daniel J., Christodoulou, Eleni, Achilleos, Christina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 14.02.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Adolescent; Affect; blood flow; brain; Chocolate - analysis; Cocoa; cognition; Cognition - drug effects; Cognitive ability; Consumption; emotions; Executive function; Executive Function - drug effects; extracts; Female; females; Flavonoids; Flavonoids - isolation & purification; Flavonoids - pharmacology; Humans; Laboratories; Learning - drug effects; Male; Memory; Memory - drug effects; Memory, Episodic; nutrients; Polyphenols - isolation & purification; Polyphenols - pharmacology; Time Factors; Verbal Behavior - drug effects; white chocolate; Young Adult; Young adults; United Kingdom > UK; cognitive function; episodic memory; polyphenols; memory; cognition; flavonoids; cocoa

There is good evidence that cocoa flavonoids can acutely improve cognitive function in humans, possibly via mechanisms such as increased cerebral blood flow. To date, much of the evidence is based on measures of executive function with extracts and cocoa-based interventions with a high flavonoid con...