cocoa butter and cholesterol

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--- In , " citpeks " <citpeks@y...>

wrote:

>

> Just like I used the Hegsted equation to come up with a recipe for

> non-cholesteremic chocolate clusters (equal weights of dark

chocolate

> and sunflower seeds) in Message 17388, some refereed publications

have

> used the Hegsted equation and other predictive equations to analyze

> complete diets.

In my recent fascination with the flavanol content and possible

bennies of cocoa (not to mention how much I really enjoy chocolate

and would like any excuse to eat about an ounce/day), I have been

doing much reading on chocolate, and it seems to me some recent

studies have found it to have neutral effects on cholesterol all

by itself (no sunflower seeds necessary).

I did searches for cocoa and chocolate in the archives and there

is not much, so I don't feel too bad starting up this self-serving

thread.

Not having access to the scientific publications, I would very

much like to see what the experts on this list can dredge up and

what the majority of the papers have to say.

Here is an article, granted from an industry website, which

references some of the positive (actually neutral) studies:

http://www.chocolateinfo.com/sr/sr_article_11.jsp

Thanks,

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