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Cocoa Flavanol

The use of cocoa flavanol in the COSMOS trial.

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What specific multivitamin formulations and doses were used in the COSMOS cognitive substudies?

The cognitive substudies tested a daily commercial multivitamin‑mineral (MVM) capsule versus placebo alongside a arm; the trial documents identify the MVM as a commercially available formulation ( was...

Feb 4, 2026

Cosmos study

The COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study () is a large, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of daily cocoa flavanol extract and a standard multivitamin in older U.S. adults ...