Cocoa flavanol consumption improves cognitive function, blood pressure control, and metabolic profile in elderly subjects: the Cocoa, Cognition, and Aging (CoCoA) Study—a randomized controlled trial

Recent evidence has indicated that flavanol consumption may have many health benefits in humans, including improved cognitive activities.The aim was to evaluate the effect of flavanol consumption on cognitive performance in cognitively intact elderly subjects.This was a double-blind, controlled, parallel-arm study conducted in 90 elderly individuals without clinical evidence of cognitive dysfunction who were randomly assigned to consume daily...