CellWell record HH-113491
Dietary flavanols preserve upper- and lower-limb endothelial function during sitting in high- and low-fit young healthy males
Daniele A; Lucas SJE; Rendeiro C
The Journal of physiology ยท 2026
In plain language
Dietary cocoa flavanols (150 mg epicatechin) consumed before two hours of sitting preserved brachial and femoral artery flow-mediated dilation in 40 young healthy males despite prolonged sitting-induced impairment.
- Evidence
- Established
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial
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