Wednesday 23 January 2008

Chocolate to Live For

Not only does it taste good, studies show that it improves blood flow to your heart, lowers blood pressure, and other good stuff. What you need to know about a sweet and healthy favorite.

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After only two weeks blood flow to the heart improved significantly in the group consuming the dark chocolate but not in those eating the white chocolate. These improvements in blood flow were independent of changes in cholesterol levels, blood pressure and oxidative stress.

I've been reading about the health benefits of chocolate for many years, but this study really got my attention. When your heart receives more blood flow, that's a very good thing. These findings were also seen in an earlier study by researchers at UCSF and Tufts, published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. They found that chocolate significantly increased blood flow to the arm in only two weeks in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Read More





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