Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) led researchers Dustin Davis (Interdisciplinary Health Sciences), Rickelle Tallent, Anthony Salazar, and James Navalta (all Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), in publishing a clinical report on the role of dietary cocoa powder in reducing postprandial (after meal) levels of very low density lipoproteins and increasing levels of high density lipoprotein lipids in adults with type 2 diabetes given a high-fat breakfast. This is one of the few studies reported on the role of cocoa in improving blood lipids and cardiovascular risks in diabetes. Davis is a doctoral student, while Salazar is an undergraduate.
