Farhat, Grace and Drummond, Sandra and Fyfe, Lorna and Al-Dujaili, Emad (2014) Dark Chocolate: An Obesity Paradox or a Culprit for Weight Gain? Phytotherapy research, 28 (6). pp. 791-797. ISSN 0951-418X
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Obesity remains a major public health challenge, and its prevalence is dramatically increasing. Diet and exercise
are typically recommended to prevent and manage obesity; however, the results are often conflicting.
Polyphenols, a class of phytochemicals that have been shown to reduce the risk factors for diabetes type II
and cardiovascular diseases, are recently suggested as complementary agents in the management of obesity
through several mechanisms such as decreasing fat absorption and/or fat synthesis. Dark chocolate, a high source
of polyphenols, and flavanols in particular, has lately received attention for its possible role in modulating obesity
because of its potential effect on fat and carbohydrate metabolism, as well as on satiety. This outcome was
investigated in animal models of obesity, cell cultures and few human observational and clinical studies. The
research undertaken to date has shown promising results, with the possible implication of cocoa/dark chocolate
in the modulation of obesity and body weight through several mechanisms including decreasing the expression of
genes involved in fatty acid synthesis, reducing the digestion and absorption of fats and carbohydrates and
increasing satiety.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information and Comments: | The definitive version is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ptr.5062/full |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Human and Digital Sciences > School of Health and Sport Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Grace Farhat |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2018 14:34 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jan 2018 14:34 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/2319 |
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