If your diet is low in flavanols — antioxidant compounds found in foods such as green tea, apples, berries, and cocoa — adding 500 milligrams a day to your diet may slow and possibly improve ...

People who consume a diet rich in flavanol-heavy food – such as berries, tea and apples – tend to have lower blood pressure, according to a new study. Researchers in the United Kingdom studied the ...

A large-scale study led by researchers at Columbia and Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard is the first to establish that a diet low in flavanols - nutrients found in certain fruits and vegetables - ...

Sitting for long periods is linked to declines in vascular function, particularly in the legs, even in people who are physically fit. Recent research suggests that adults in the United States sit for ...

New research published in The Journal of Physiology suggests that certain foods that are high in flavanols, such as tea and cocoa, may prevent some of the damage to the cardiovascular system caused by ...

It’s everybody’s favorite kind of health discovery: something delicious and seemingly sinful — red wine, chocolate, coffee — turns out to be good for you, according to new research. The latest ...

DUSSELDORF, Germany, Sept. 10 (UPI) --Cocoa flavanols were found lower blood pressure and increase blood vessel function in two recent studies, potentially offering benefits that reduce the risk for ...

Phytochemicals known as flavanols, which are found in chocolate, fruits and vegetables, can boost the levels of nitric oxide in the blood of smokers and reverse some of their smoking-related ...

Ida Strickland has lived an active life for more than a decade, thanks to three stents placed in her heart. They're correcting vascular problems she blames on genetics. "My mother and all the women in ...

Flavanols, also called flavan-3-ols, are compounds that help give fruits and vegetables their bright colors. Each plant may contain more than one type of flavanol, as well as necessary micronutrients ...