Polyphenols are found in plant‐based foods and beverages, notably apples, berries, citrus
fruit, plums, broccoli, cocoa, tea and coffee and many others. There is substantial …

Enhancing cognitive abilities has become a fascinating scientific challenge, recently driven
by the interest in preventing age-related cognitive decline and sustaining normal cognitive …

Blueberries are rich in flavonoids, which possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory
properties. High flavonoid intakes attenuate age-related cognitive decline, but data from …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) represents the most common cause of death worldwide. The
consumption of natural polyphenol-rich foods, and cocoa in particular, has been related to a …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) ranks among the most common health-related and economic
issues worldwide. Dietary factors are important contributors to cardiovascular risk, either …

Background: Ageing can be simply defined as the process of becoming older, which is
genetically determined but also environmentally modulated. With the continuous increase of …

Several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses support the benefits of
flavanols on cardiometabolic health, but the factors affecting variability in the responses to …

Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in the Western world. In the last
decades nutraceutical approaches have been proposed to counteract atherosclerotic …

Highlights•Cocoa flavanols could exert health beneficial effects.•Modulatory effects exerted
by cocoa flavanols could prevent chronic diseases.•Preventive effects of cocoa against …

Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disease caused by the loss of dopaminergic
neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta region. An important mechanism contributing …