Ingestion of Lycosome L-tug Formulation of Dark Chocolate Ameliorates Postprandial Hyperlipidemia and Hyperglycemia in Healthy Volunteers

Table 1

Baseline values of fasting study participants (averages±SD).

Parameter	Study Groups
	Regular DC	Lycopene	L-tug DC
Age	49.3±4.1	54.3±3.7	51.6±5.3
Men/Women	4/5	4/4	5/5
BMI	22.3±1.1	21.5±1.4	23.0±1.2
Serum Glucose mg/dl	85.3±5.6	81.3±6.3	79.4±4.9
Serum Triglycerides mg/dl	130.6±7.3	121.4±4.2	129.9±5.3
Total Cholesterol; mg/dl	167.5±8.3	174.6±14.5	181.5±12.3
LDL Cholesterol; mg/dl	112.8±8.3	127.5±12.5	105.6±10.3
HDL Cholesterol; mg/dl	37.2±3.1	41.4±2.9	39.4±3.3
AST IU/ml	34.3±6.3	27.2±7.4	35.9±4.2
ALT IU/ml	44.6±3.5	37.8±6.9	45.6±5.5
CRP mg/l	2.1±0.6	1.7±0.8	2.3±0.4
TAC	1.76±0.09	1.79±0.09	1.74±0.10
Pulse Rate beats/min	74.3±4.22	71.8±3.99	76.5±4.76
Blood Pressure mm Hg
Systolic:	108.3±6.2	110.1±4.1	111.7±4.5
Diastolic:	78.3±5.3	75.3±5.8	74.6±4.1