Chocolate and Health

1. Chocolate as Medicine: A Changing Framework of Evidence Throughout History
Philip K. Wilson

2. Industrial Treatment of Cocoa in Chocolate Production: Health Implications
Herwig Bernaert, Ieme Blondeel, Leen Allegaert, Tobias Lohmueller

3. Biomarkers of Cocoa Consumption
Nasiruddin Khan, Nathalie M. Nicod

4. Botany and Pharmacognosy of the Cacao Tree
Maria Laura Colombo, Maria Teresa Pinorini-Godly, Ario Conti

5. Chocolate and Health: A Brief Review of the Evidence
Francesco Visioli, Elena Bernardini, Andrea Poli, Rodolfo Paoletti

6. Polyphenolic Antioxidants and Health
Lorenzo Loffredo, Francesco Violi

7. Acute Vascular Effects of Chocolate in Healthy Human Volunteers
Manuel Rusconi, Maria Grazia Rossi, Tiziano Moccetti, Ario Conti

8. Vascular and Platelet Effects of Cocoa
Isabella Sudano, Andreas J. Flammer, Georg Noll, Roberto Corti

9. Cocoa, Chocolate and Hypertension
Davide Grassi, Claudio Ferri

10. Cocoa, Chocolate and Blood Lipids
Claudio Galli

11. Psychological Drivers of Chocolate Consumption
Enrico Molinari, Edward Callus

12. Chocolate and Mood
Gordon B. Parker, Heather L. Brotchie

Keywords: Biomedicine, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Food Science, Cardiology