> Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote:
> > -Cocoa had 611 mg of phenols and 564 mg of > flavonoids. > > -Red wine had 340 mg of phenols and 163 mg of > > flavonoids. > > -Green tea had 165 mg of phenols and 47 mg of > > flavonoids. > > -Black tea had 124 mg of phenols and 34 mg of > > flavonoids. > > Thanks for posting this. Unfortunately, the links > are rather sparse on > details. Any idea what type and/or form of cocoa > they tested? Did they > just buy a tin of Hershey's cocoa and test 3 > spoonfuls of powder? Did > they mix cocoa powder with hot milk and add sugar > and then test that? Good questions. Unfortunately, the PubMed listing has no abstract: "Ain't that sweet! Time. 2003 Sep 8;162(10):99. No abstract available." and "Plasma antioxidants from chocolate. Nature. 2003 Aug 28;424(6952):1013. No abstract available." This older study on one antioxidant in chocolate does at least measure the actual chemical in actual human blood: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10917931&dopt=Abstract > Just wondering, because I drink a lot of Nestle's > instant hot chocolate > made from packets with "cocoa processed with > alkali", just add hot water > (it has dry milk powder, whey, and some other stuff > in it, too). I > wonder how the phenol and flavonoid content of the > Nestle instant powder > compares with straight Hershey's cocoa out of the > tin. It will have less, but note that they did report the 'heat as possibly helpful' in 'driving' the antioxidants into the bloodstream, so I think the study was on cocoa 'as drunk,' not 'in the can.' If I come across any more info (possibly will be a comment in next week's Medscape digest), I'll post it. For now, I'd say that any cocoa mix which contains all-natural cocoa (some are artificially-flavored, and I have no idea if the full range of antioxidants in cocoa is in such products - although I doubt it very seriously!) will have useful/ biologically available antioxidants. Debbi who must race to a lesson now __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
