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    New Study Underway:
    World's Largest Dietary Investigation Study
    of Cocoa Flavanols Investigates Long-Term
    Cardiovascular Health Benefits
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    Latest News
    Going beyond essential nutrients
    The role of bioactives in assessing the impact of food on health
    Nature Scientific Reports, July 1, 2016
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    Our Mission
    Pioneer and share leading scientific research and innovation to
    help advance the understanding of cocoa flavanols and their impact on
    human health.
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    Dietary Cocoa Flavanols Improve Vascular
    Function in Patients with Kidney Dysfunction
    Recent News
    Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, December 17, 2015
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    Cocoa Flavanols and Brain Health
    Study shows consuming dietary cocoa flavanols
    reversed age-related memory decline.
    Nature Neuroscience, October 26, 2014
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    New research shows a role for cocoa flavanols
    in age-related vascular function

    FLAVIOLA Study Results
    British Journal of Nutrition, September 9, 2015

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Apr 28, 2016

Mars Symbioscience Joined 1,000 of the Nation’s...

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Mar 31, 2016

Cocoa keeps us young at heart | Nutrition...

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Mar 15, 2016

Heart Healthy Aging with Nutrition

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Mar 08, 2016

New Film Series Emphasizes Vital Role of Good Nutrition for Healthy...

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New Film Series Emphasizes Vital Role of Good Nutrition for Healthy...

...exposure to our environment, the things we eat, and stresses from both inside and outside our bodies ... the Alliance for Aging Research, in partnership with the Mars Center for Cocoa Health Science, has...
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Mar 07, 2016

Nutrition and Aging

...older adults, and more. Mars Center for Cocoa Health Science , a Center of Excellence established ... scientific research in the field of cocoa flavanols. MCCHS provides access to more than 20 years of...
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Feb 25, 2016

Age related memory decline reversed by cocoa.

...high-flavanol diet (900 mg of flavanols a day) or a low-flavanol diet (10 mg of flavanols a day) ... those who consumed the high-cocoa-flavanol drink,” said lead author Adam M. Brickman, PhD...
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Feb 01, 2016

Could Cocoa Flavanols Improve Heart Health?

...of the cocoa flavanols. This is a public-private partnership with Mars Symbioscience and with ... of the cocoa flavanols; it will depend on the harvesting and processing of the cocoa. And there...
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Jan 12, 2016

Flavanols may lower blood pressure, cholesterol in healthy people

...two flavanol drinks a day may lower blood pressure and cholesterol. Flavanols are found in cocoa ... Mars, which contained flavanols extracted from fresh cocoa beans. In the study, 105 healthy people...
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Dec 26, 2015

5 Healthy-Sounding Foods That Are Actually Sabotaging Your Diet

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