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Cacao as a Globalised Functional Food: Review on Cardiovascular Effects of Chocolate Consumption

机译：可可作为一种全球化的功能食品：食用巧克力对心血管的影响

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Polyphenols have increasingly been studied for their influence on cardiometabolic health. Since cacao and chocolate can be a rich source of polyphenols, they too have been investigated for their supposed health benefits. In the first part of this paper the history of the food and medicinal uses of the cacao plant was briefly examined. A particular emphasis has been placed on the analysis of the process of transformation of the cacao seed into chocolate, since many of the processing steps involved have important consequences on the final product’s content in polyphenols and flavanols, and hence on the purported beneficial activity of chocolate. This evaluation is also of great importance in interpreting the results of the epidemiological and clinical studies. The relevant literature was surveyed in the second part of the paper, and the results for the consumption of polyphenol-rich chocolate are that it is well correlated to a reduction of the overall cardiovascular risk, and of arterial blood pressure in hypertensive subjects. Less corroborated are the positive effects on vascular endothelial health, on blood lipids and on lipid peroxidation. There are also preliminary but promising results for a positive action on insulin sensitivity, platelet function and inflammation. It remains to be seen whether and how these results can be translated into pragmatic guidelines on the health benefits of the consumption of commercial chocolate bars or products.
机译：人们已经对多酚对心脏代谢健康的影响进行了越来越多的研究。由于可可和巧克力可能是多酚的丰富来源，因此对它们的健康益处也进行了研究。在本文的第一部分中，简要回顾了可可植物的食品和药用历史。由于可可种子转化为巧克力的过程特别受关注，因为其中涉及的许多加工步骤对最终产品中多酚和黄烷醇的含量具有重要影响，因此对巧克力的有益作用也产生了重要影响。 。该评价对于解释流行病学和临床研究的结果也非常重要。在本文的第二部分中对相关文献进行了调查，食用富含多酚的巧克力的结果是，它与降低总体心血管风险和降低高血压受试者的动脉血压高度相关。对于血管内皮健康，血脂和脂质过氧化作用的积极作用，佐证较少。对于胰岛素敏感性，血小板功能和炎症也有积极作用的初步但有希望的结果。这些结果是否以及如何转化为关于食用商业巧克力块或产品对健康有益的实用指南，还有待观察。

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