There is growing interest in the scientific community in identifying foods that can prevent the onset of disease in cocoa has been the arena of ‘super foods’ to be recognized as an excellent source of phytochemicals with potentialhealth beneficial effects.

The new research, led by scientists at the Institute of Science and TechnologyFood and Nutrition (ICTAN) and published in the journal Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, supports this idea and argues that cocoa consumptioncontributes to the prevention of intestinal diseases related to oxidative stress,as the initiation of colon carcinogenesis induced chemical form. “The intestinalmucosa is very susceptible to diseases when exposed to different toxic diet,toxins, mutagens and procarcinogens’ explains to SINC María Ángeles MartínArribas, author of the study and researcher at the ICTAN. “Foods such as cocoa, rich in polyphenols, seem to have an important protective role againstthese diseases.”

The study proves for the first time in living animals-rats, the potential protective effect of cocoa flavonoids against the onset of colon cancer. For eight weeks, the authors fed a cocoa-enriched diet (12%) and then were inducedcarcinogenesis.

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