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When

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According to the authors of the current study, muscle weakness is a common finding in adult clinical populations and is also

Submitted by DMorgan on Sat, 07/21/2007 - 9:34pm.

 


Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PFAs) from foods such as fish, nuts, seeds and vegetable oils appear to have a small antihypertensive

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In the cocoa studies, systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP) dropped in the active group as compared with controls; however, in the tea studies, no differences were seen in BP between the 2 groups. The authors point out that while the 2 substances contain similar amounts of polyphenols, the components of these polyphenols differ between cocoa and tea: cocoa is particularly rich in procyanidins, whereas black and green tea are rich in flavan-3-ols and gallic acid. It may be that the polyphenol components in cocoa are more bioavailable, Taubert and colleagues propose.

Submitted by DMorgan on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 9:58am.