Protects the Brain, memory and concentration.

ChocoNat™ cocoa and chocolate can help to supports memory and concentration.

A delicious serving for mental protection. That would be one way to describe ChocoNat™ chocolate. The cocoa flavanols present in ChocoNat™ chocolate are a powerful source of protection, helping to keep your powers of concentration and memory in top condition. Better brain performance is promoted by increased cerebral blood flow. The cocoa flavanols in cocoa and chocolate ensure a good supply of oxygen and energy to the entire body, including the brain. This provides good support for memory and concentration. A welcome effect, especially as we grow older.

This specific health benefit has shown in at least 3 independent human studies on cocoa and chocolate.

Did you know that a small amount of ChocoNat™ dark chocolate or ChocoBoost cocoa ground powder improves your concentration after already 2 hours?*

*in combination with a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle

Possible ChocoNat Activ-Cacao™ claims

Cognition

Helps to maintain your concentration
Helps to maintain your ability to concentrate
Helps to maintain your concentration ability
Helps to maintain your memory performance and capacity, especially as you get older
Helps to maintain your ability to concentrate, especially as you get older
Helps to maintain your capacity and ability to memorize
Anti-ageing

Contributes to a positive effect on your memory capacity, especially when you get older
Contributes to a positive effect on your ability to concentrate, especially when you get older
Contributes to a positive effect on capacity for memory and concentration when you get older
Contributes to a positive effect on the protection of the body from free radical damage caused by ageing

sicientific reference:

Crews Jr, W. D., D. W. Harrison and J. W. Wright (2008). “A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of the effects of dark chocolate and cocoa on variables associated with neuropsychological functioning and cardiovascular health : clinical findings from a sample of healthy, cognitively intact older adults.” Am J Clin Nutr 87: 872-880.

Dinges, D. F. (2006). “Cocoa flavanols, cerebral blood flow, cognition, and health : going forward.” J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 47.

Fisher, N. D. L., F. A. Sorond and N. K. Hollenberg (2006). “Cocoa flavanols and brain perfusion.” J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 47: S210-S214.

Francis, S. T., K. Head, P. G. Morris and I. A. Macdonald (2006). “The effect of flavanol-rich cocoa on the fMRI response to a cognitive task in healthy young people.” J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 47: S215-S220.

Letenneur, L., C. Proust-Lima, A. Le Gouge, J. F. Dartigues and P. Barberger-Gateau (2007). “Flavonoid intake and cognitive decline over a 10-year period.” Am J Epidemiol 165: 1364-1371.

Nurk, E., H. Refsum, C. A. Drevon, G. S. Tell, H. A. Nygaard, K. Engedal and A. D. Smith (2009). “Intake of flavonoid-rich wine, tea and chocolate by elderly men and women is associated with better cognitive test performance.” J. Nutr. 139: 120-127.

Sorond, F. A., L. A. Lipsitz, N. K. Hollenberg and N. D. Fisher (2008). “Cerebral blood flow response to flavanol-rich cocoa in healthy elderly humans.” Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment 4(2): 433-440.

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Acrylamide is in Chocolate! Another Reason Why Cooking Food at High Temperature is Not Good for You

By Michael Lustgarten, PhD

Twitter @mike_lustgarten 

The media often tells us that dark chocolate is “healthier” than milk chocolate because of its high antioxidant content. Yes, this is true: dark chocolate contains more than four times the amount of antioxidants than found in milk chocolate (~200 Units/gram vs. ~45 Units/gram; Miller et al.2006). However, what they neglect to tell us is that cocoa powder beats both dark and milk chocolate, with ~800 antioxidant Units/gram! That translates into 4-fold more antioxidants than dark chocolate, and approximately 18-fold more antioxidants than milk chocolate! So, make your own chocolate at home, with cocoa powder, right?

Maybe not. To make cocoa powder, cacao beans are first roasted at a high temperature. Roasted cocoa beans are processed to remove its cocoa butter, leaving behind the cocoa solids which are then ground, forming cocoa powder. One could argue that the remaining cocoa powder, when used in chocolate is better for health than using raw (non-roasted), ground cacao beans because cocoa powder has less saturated and total fat. Although this is true, roasting the cocoa bean (or any grain, nut, or seed) produces acrylamide, a compound that has been shown to be both neurotoxic and carcinogenic (Burek et al. 1980; Johnson et al. 1986; Friedman et al. 1995). Raw cacao beans, because they have not been roasted, do not contain acrylamide.

How much acrylamide is in a Hershey’s dark chocolate bar? One 43 gram bar contains approximately 30 grams of cocoa powder (70% cocoa solids). Hershey’s cocoa powder contains 909 µg/kg of acrylamide, and when multiplied by 0.03 kg (30 grams), this yields 27.3 µg total acrylamide. The lowest risk for dietary acrylamide-induced toxicity has been recommended to be less than 1.5µg/kg body weight/day (Shipp et al. 2006). This value translates into 75 µg/day for a 50 kg woman, or 112.5 µg/day for a 75 kg man. So, if you eat one Hershey’s dark chocolate bar, you will have ingested a significant amount towards the 75 or112.5 µg/day or upper limit. It’s important to note that there is indeed difference in acrylamide content when comparing Hershey’s and Ghiradelli cocoa powder: Hershey’s contains 3-fold more acrylamide than Ghiradelli (909 µg/kg vs. 316 µg/kg). So, if you are making your own chocolate at home, the best thing on the list to use would be grinding raw cacao beans. Second would be to use Ghiradelli cocoa powder.

Another food that is thought of as “healthy” are baked potato chips. Not in terms of acrylamide content: Baked! Lay’s Original Naturally Baked Potato Crisps have 31 µg of acrylamide per 1 ounce bag. Listed below are other notable sources of dietary acrylamide, including one unhealthy (Pringles), and others commonly thought to be “healthy”.

1 oz. (16 crisps), Pringles Sweet Mesquite BBQ Flavored Potato Crisps: 70 µg of acrylamide

1 oz. (6 crackers), Health Valley Original Oat Bran Graham Crackers: 43 µg of acrylamide

1 serving (2 oz.): Nature’s Path Organic Optimum Power Breakfast, Flax, Soy, Blueberry: 22 µg of acrylamide

1 oz., Blue Diamond Roasted Salted Almonds: 6.7 µg of acrylamide

2 slices, Arnold Bakery Light 100% Whole Wheat Bread: 5.7 µg of acrylamide

References:

Acrylamide list:http://www.fda.gov/food/foodsafety/foodcontaminantsadulteration/chemicalcontaminants/acrylamide/ucm053549.htm)

Burek JD, Albee RR, Beyer JE, Bell TJ, Carreon RM, Morden DC, Wade CE, Hermann EA, Gorzinski SJ, 1980. Subchronic toxicity of acrylamide administered to rats in the drinking water followed by up to 144 days of recovery. J. Environ. Pathol. Toxicol. 4,157-182.

Friedman MA, Dulak LH, Stedham MA, 1995. A lifetime oncogenicity study in rats with acrylamide. Fundam. Appl. Toxicol. 27, 95-105.

Johnson KA, Gorzinski SJ, Bodner KM, Campbell RA, Wolf CH, Friedman MA, Mast RW, 1986. Chronic toxicity and oncogenicity study on acrylamide incorporated in the drinking water of Fischer 344 rats. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 85, 154-168.

Miller KB, Stuart DA, Smith NL, Lee CY, McHale NL, Flanagan JA, Ou B, Hurst WJ, 2006. Antioxidant activity and polyphenol and procyanidin contents of selected commercially available cocoa-containing and chocolate products in the United States. J Agric Food Chem. 31;54(11), 4062-8.

Shipp A, Lawrence G, Gentry R, McDonald T, Bartow H, Bounds J, Macdonald N, Clewell H, Allen B, Van Landingham C, 2006. Acrylamide: review of toxicity data and dose-response analyses for cancer and noncancer effects. Crit. Rev. Toxicol. 36, 481-608.

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