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Dark chocolate Good news for sweets lovers: The cocoa beans in dark chocolate contain flavonols like catechin, epicatechin, and procyanidins.
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Brian Mastroianni, Health, 5 Dec. 2025
Potato peels also contain quercetin, a type of flavonol, which may help support the immune system by reducing inflammation.
—Barbie Cervoni, Verywell Health, 24 Nov. 2025
Vaccine developers can profit from their products, but designing and testing a vaccine is a lot more work than selling a plant flavonol called quercetin as a treatment for COVID, and supplements are not subject to the same kind of regulatory oversight as drugs.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
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Brian Mastroianni, Health, 5 Dec. 2025
Potato peels also contain quercetin, a type of flavonol, which may help support the immune system by reducing inflammation.
—Barbie Cervoni, Verywell Health, 24 Nov. 2025
Vaccine developers can profit from their products, but designing and testing a vaccine is a lot more work than selling a plant flavonol called quercetin as a treatment for COVID, and supplements are not subject to the same kind of regulatory oversight as drugs.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
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“Flavonol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flavonol. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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