Epicatechin
Cocoa's signature flavanol reaches the endothelium and raises its nitric oxide — the signal an artery reads as permission to relax and widen.
What the evidence shows
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Epicatechin protects at the mitochondria, before the alarm becomes a casualty.
Tips the balance toward follistatin over myostatin, amplifying the signal to build muscle.
The cocoa and green-tea flavanol epicatechin strengthens the lung's small vessels and mitochondria, lifting how much air the chest can move.
The single catechin at the heart of dark cacao's vascular effect, epicatechin switches on endothelial nitric oxide and lets the vessel open with ease.
Epicatechin, the principal flavanol behind cocoa's vascular effect, improved endothelium-dependent vasodilation in randomized human trials measured by flow-mediated dilation.
Where it appears
7 blend pages carry this ingredient. Open it and you will find this ingredient in the list.
- Force Field (Genomic Radioprotection)
- Gainz (Muscle, Strength & Recovery)
- Lung Power (Respiratory Capacity)
- Niagra (Desire, Arousal & Climax)
- NRF2 Activator (Endogenous Antioxidant Induction)
- Peel (Flavonoid Powerhouse)
- Thunder (Erectile Performance)