Eat Candy To Lower Blood Pressure, Prevent Heart Disease, Study Says

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 11:28 in Health & Medicine

Just one small square of chocolate a day can lower your blood pressure and reduce your risk of heart disease, says a new study published online today in the European Heart Journal. The authors of the study believe that flavanols in cocoa may be the reason why chocolate seems to be good for people's blood pressure and heart health; and since there is more cocoa in dark chocolate, dark chocolate may have a greater effect. read more

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