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Chocolate enhances the effectiveness of medications
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
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Chocolate can enhance the effectiveness of drugs, say scientists from the United Kingdom. According to researchers from the British biotech company Lycotec, who conducted experiments in Cambridge, a way has been found to combine chocolate products with some drugs not only to improve the taste of the medications, but also to enhance their medicinal properties. In particular, this involves combining chocolate with drugs to combat cholesterol, insulin resistance, and systemic inflammatory response syndrome.
According to the founder of Likotek, Ivan Pitryaev, flavanols are active chemical substances contained in cocoa that improve oxygen saturation of the skin and help reduce the rate of aging, and have the potential to enhance the effectiveness of medicinal properties.
Pitryaev noted that he is negotiating with many pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers of popular cocoa products who are interested in cooperation.
Earlier, Likotek created an innovative type of chocolate by adding the ingredient Coco-Lycosome, which is made from natural raw materials and has already been approved as a food additive in the EU. This substance increases the strength of flavanols by 10-20 times, without changing the taste and texture of the product.
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