Chocolate protects a heart and vessels
A healthy diet plays a key role in the prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases. Atherosclerosis and its complications are nowadays one of the leading causes of death in the western population. Among numerous factors known for slowing down the progression of the disease is the consumptio...
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| author | Małgorzata Chudzińska Jarosław Pietrzak Magdalena Węglarz Łukasz Wołowiec Daniel Rogowicz Walery Zukow Władysław Sinkiewicz |
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| description | A healthy diet plays a key role in the prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases. Atherosclerosis and its complications are nowadays one of the leading causes of death in the western population. Among numerous factors known for slowing down the progression of the disease is the consumption of vegetables, fruits and chocolate rich in multiring compounds called polyphenols. Chocolate is a source of catechins, epicatechins and procyanidins. Recently, several studies have demonstrated the beneficial effects of dark chocolate in management of hypertension by hypotensive effect associated with vasorelaxation mediated most likely by the stimulation of nitric oxide production in the vascular wall. Cocoa and its derivatives have also strong antioxidative properties resulting in enhancement of the total antioxidant potential and inhibition of lipid peroxidation. It was also demonstrated that cocoa polyphenols have a favourable antithrombotic effect connected with the inhibition of platelet activation. Chocolate may diminish insulin resistance and inhibit inflammatory process. Cocoa improves also psychical well being. This pleiotropic activity of cocoa results in slowing down the progression and limiting the complications of atherosclerosis in regular chocolate consumers.
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| spelling | doaj.art-9e9732c986da4a1f944cabe7303ff9552022-12-22T02:07:27ZengKazimierz Wielki UniversityJournal of Education, Health and Sport2391-83062017-08-0178Chocolate protects a heart and vesselsMałgorzata Chudzińska0Jarosław Pietrzak1Magdalena Węglarz2Łukasz Wołowiec3Daniel Rogowicz4Walery Zukow5Władysław Sinkiewicz6Zakład Podstaw Prawa Medycznego CM UMKKatedra Kardiologii, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w ToruniuKatedra Kardiologii, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w ToruniuKatedra Kardiologii, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w ToruniuKatedra Kardiologii, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w ToruniuKatedra Gospodarki Przestrzennej i Turyzmu, Wydział Nauk o Ziemi, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w ToruniuKatedra Kardiologii, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w ToruniuA healthy diet plays a key role in the prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases. Atherosclerosis and its complications are nowadays one of the leading causes of death in the western population. Among numerous factors known for slowing down the progression of the disease is the consumption of vegetables, fruits and chocolate rich in multiring compounds called polyphenols. Chocolate is a source of catechins, epicatechins and procyanidins. Recently, several studies have demonstrated the beneficial effects of dark chocolate in management of hypertension by hypotensive effect associated with vasorelaxation mediated most likely by the stimulation of nitric oxide production in the vascular wall. Cocoa and its derivatives have also strong antioxidative properties resulting in enhancement of the total antioxidant potential and inhibition of lipid peroxidation. It was also demonstrated that cocoa polyphenols have a favourable antithrombotic effect connected with the inhibition of platelet activation. Chocolate may diminish insulin resistance and inhibit inflammatory process. Cocoa improves also psychical well being. This pleiotropic activity of cocoa results in slowing down the progression and limiting the complications of atherosclerosis in regular chocolate consumers. https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/27469chocolatecocoaatherosclerosispleiotropic activity. |
| spellingShingle | Małgorzata Chudzińska Jarosław Pietrzak Magdalena Węglarz Łukasz Wołowiec Daniel Rogowicz Walery Zukow Władysław Sinkiewicz Chocolate protects a heart and vessels Journal of Education, Health and Sport chocolate cocoa atherosclerosis pleiotropic activity. |
| title | Chocolate protects a heart and vessels |
| title_full | Chocolate protects a heart and vessels |
| title_fullStr | Chocolate protects a heart and vessels |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chocolate protects a heart and vessels |
| title_short | Chocolate protects a heart and vessels |
| title_sort | chocolate protects a heart and vessels |
| topic | chocolate cocoa atherosclerosis pleiotropic activity. |
| url | https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/27469 |
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