antioxidant · for poor memory
Cocoa Flavanols
Meant to improve blood flow in the brain and protect nerve cells.
Say that in clinical terms
Proposed nitric-oxide- and antioxidant-mediated improvement in cerebral blood flow and neuronal protection.
How strong is the research?
No Benefit evidence
Three years of daily cocoa extract produced no improvement in overall thinking.
1 paper read, 1 against.
Tested as: cocoa extract capsules, 500 mg flavanols/day (including 80 mg (-)-epicatechin), for 3 years
How much to take
500 mg