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Theobroma cacaoFinding

Theobroma cacao has no detected effect on glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c)

no difference foundModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“The other outcome of interest in glucose metabolism was HbA1c, and the results showed no effect of cocoa consumption on HbA1c.”
Quoted verbatim from Effects of Cocoa Consumption on Cardiometabolic Risk Markers: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
This finding among the 64 findings on its endpoint

Theobroma cacao

Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c)

no difference found

Who
Adults aged 18 or over, healthy or with cardiometabolic risk factors; pooled randomised trials of 4 weeks or longer, few studies
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
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6ZHYVTRA1900W318M4T2H0V