Performance Nutrition Digest

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Cacao polyphenols may reduce central fatigue during exercise 🍫

Nootropic benefits of chocolate.

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Tom Coughlin
Sep 16, 2026
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Acute pre-exercise oral intake of cacao polyphenols attenuates central fatigue development during sustained low-intensity ankle dorsiflexion exercise in healthy young male adults

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This new study tested whether 500 mg cacao polyphenols …

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