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Theobroma cacaoFinding

Theobroma cacao decreases total cholesterol (TC)

lowersModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Dietary cocoa consumption effectively reduced total cholesterol by −8.35 mg/dL (95% CI −14.01 to −2.69 mg/dL).”

Quoted verbatim from Effects of Cocoa Consumption on Cardiometabolic Risk Markers: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

This finding among the 116 findings on its endpoint

Theobroma cacao

Total cholesterol (TC)

lowers

Effect as reported

−8.35mean difference

CI −14.01 to −2.69

Who: Adults aged 18 or over, healthy or with cardiometabolic risk factors; pooled randomised trials of 4 weeks or longer
Dose studied: daily cocoa intake 1.4 to 50.0 g across trials

Moderate evidencePMID 38931273 · 2024

02 · The study

Study: meta-analysis
Duration: not reported

Evidence, by strength

strong
moderatethis finding
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insufficient

03 · The paper

Nutrients

Effects of Cocoa Consumption on Cardiometabolic Risk Markers: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

2024PMID 38931273doi 10.3390/nu16121919

What else it reported5 findings · 0 compounds · 5 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6ZHYV149AEDARVTM8G9RSAF