Beneficial effects of dark chocolate on exercise capacity in sedentary subjects: underlying mechanisms. A double blind, randomized, placebo controlled trial - Taub, Pam R; Ramirez-Sanchez, Israel; Patel, Minal; Higginbotham, Erin; Moreno-Ulloa, Aldo; Román-Pintos, Luis Miguel; Phillips, Paul; Perkins, Guy; Ceballos, Guillermo; Villarreal, Francisco (Food & function, 2016)
Keywords: Adult; Aged; biomarkers; biopsy; blood sampling; Cacao - metabolism; chocolate; Chocolate - analysis; citrate (si)-synthase; clinical trials; Double-Blind Method; enzyme activity; Exercise; exercise test; Female; glutathione; heart failure; high density lipoprotein; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; mitochondria; Muscle, Skeletal - metabolism; oxidative stress; patients; placebos; protein content; Sedentary Lifestyle; skeletal muscle; triacylglycerols; Triglycerides - metabolism