Study: Following Dietary Guidelines is Not Enough — Eat More of These Foods to Get Heart-Healthy Flavanols Key Finding on Flavanols and Dietary Guidelines Fewer than one in four adults who meet standard dietary guidelines for fruit and vegetable consumption consume the recommended 500 milligrams of flavanols per day, according to a study that analyzed data from two large research cohorts. The findings, published in the journal Food & Function, suggest that following current nutritional advice does not guarantee adequate intake of these plant compounds linked to cardiovascular benefits, officials said. [1] [2] The 500-milligram target is based on the Cocoa Supplement and…

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