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    Towards Optimized Care After Bariatric Surgery by Physical Activity and Exercise Intervention: a Review

    Although there is growing evidence on the importance of physical activity and exercise intervention after bariatric surgery, it remains to be clarified as to why and how post-operative exercise intervention sh...

    Dominique Hansen, Lieselot Decroix, Yves Devos, David Nocca in Obesity Surgery (2020)

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    The effect of acute cocoa flavanol intake on the BOLD response and cognitive function in type 1 diabetes: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded cross-over pilot study

    Type 1 diabetes (T1D), a chronic autoimmune disease, can result in cognitive dysfunction and is associated with vascular dysfunction. Cocoa flavanols (CFs) can stimulate nitric oxide-dependent vasodilation, re...

    Lieselot Decroix, Peter van Schuerbeek, Cajsa Tonoli in Psychopharmacology (2019)

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    Cocoa Flavanol Supplementation and Exercise: A Systematic Review

    Cocoa flavanols (CFs) have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory capacities and can improve vascular function. It has recently been suggested that CF intake may improve exercise performance and recovery. This syst...

    Lieselot Decroix, Danusa Dias Soares, Romain Meeusen, Elsa Heyman in Sports Medicine (2018)

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    Acute cocoa Flavanols intake has minimal effects on exercise-induced oxidative stress and nitric oxide production in healthy cyclists: a randomized controlled trial

    Cocoa flavanols (CF) can stimulate vasodilation by improved nitric oxide (NO) synthesis and have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory capacities. This study aimed to examine whether acute CF intake can affect exe...

    Lieselot Decroix, Cajsa Tonoli in Journal of the International Society of Sp… (2017)