High Flavonols Cocoa Intake for the Improvement of Body Fat Composition in Athletes
High Flavonols Cocoa Intake for the Improvement of Body Fat Composition in Athletes
NCT ID: NCT04028128 Phase: NA Status: COMPLETED Enrollment: 40 Completion: 2019-04-01
Conditions
Healthy Subjects
Interventions
Cocoa group, Placebo group
Summary
The decrease in body fat percentage improves exercise performance, reducing race time. The intake of cocoa improves the body fat composition in obese and diabetic people by improving their cardiovascular disease risk factors. Although epidemiological studies indicate that healthy subjects who consume cocoa have lower body fat composition, there is no study indicating whether cocoa improves fat composition in athletes. The aim of the study was to determine if the intake of cocoa rich in flavonoids improves the fat composition of athletes, modifying the systemic levels of adipokines (folistatin, myostatin and leptin), resulting in an improvement of physical performance.
Primary Outcome
Change of body fat mass at 10 weeks