Athletes consume an extra of nutritional supplements every day with the purpose of improving their athletic performance, sometimes without being aware of their health. Cocoa could be a good nutritional supplement for athletes without causing them adverse effects. One of the most common health concerns in athletes are gastrointestinal problems. The cause of these problems seem to be a compendium of physiological and mechanical causes that are altered due to nutritional factors. Currently, there is no assay in which a nutritional intervention study has been proposed over time of training, in order to improve the gastrointestinal problems associated with the performance of physical exercise.
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Measurement of fat mass
Timeframe: Fat mass will be analyzed at the beginning (baseline dose) and after 10 weeks of intervention