More Health Benefits of Cocoa?

[marcmagus]

[via stakebait]

Nutrition: Chocolate Milk May Reduce Inflammation

Pretty cool news, but:

Move over, red wine. Make room for chocolate milk. . . . Researchers noted, however, that the effect was not as pronounced as that seen with red wine.

So, the new kid in town is . . . demonstrably inferior to the champ?

I consume about 45 mL of cocoa powder every morning. I wonder if I'm getting any sort of effective anti-inflammatory effect. I think it makes me feel a little better in general, though I hadn't thought about it specifically with respect to pain.

Comments

[nxk3.livejournal.com]

I'm with Pollan on this: It's surprisingly convenient for sellers of unhealthful food-like substances (e.g., storebought chocolate milk) to be able to put health claims on their packaging.
What do you do with your cocoa powder? I'd taken to adding it to my protein shakes back when I worked out.

[marcmagus]

There's that.

I stir it into hot milk with a little sugar. Approximately 4 oz milk:1 T cocoa:1 t sugar. I drink it from my 12 oz. VC Computer Science mug.

[nxk3.livejournal.com]

Yum! Sounds intense.

[marcmagus]

It's pretty much hot cooca according to the instructions on the box, rebased to a more useful measure. Although it's possible I introduced some changes along the way; it's been a while. Definitely tasty.