The Claim
A single acute dose of 415 mg cocoa flavanols has no effect on visual working memory performance in healthy young adults, irrespective of habitual flavanol intake, body mass index, or gender.
What the research says
Supports is higher
Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.
Eating a one-time dose of cocoa with 415 mg of flavanols won’t make you better at remembering things you just saw, no matter how much cocoa you usually eat, your weight, or whether you’re male or female.
See the scientific wording
A single acute dose of 415 mg cocoa flavanols does not improve visual working memory performance in healthy young adults regardless of habitual flavanol intake, body mass index, or gender.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Acute effects of cocoa flavanols on visual working memory: maintenance and updating
Scientists gave people a specific amount of cocoa powder and tested their memory right after — and found no improvement, no matter their weight, gender, or usual diet. So the claim that this cocoa dose doesn’t help memory is backed up.
Score breakdown, mechanism chain, raw evidence, ideal studies needed & 1 supporting studies
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