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July 19, 2005
Good 'n Good For You
Dark chocolate.....mmmmmm.
Researchers looked at 10 men and 10 women with hypertension and high blood pressure who did not have any other health issues. Half the group ate 3.5 ounces of dark chocolate every day for 15 days. The other half ate the same amount of white chocolate, which has no flavonoids. Then, the two groups switched chocolates for another 15 days.
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Systolic blood pressure dropped 12 points and diastolic fell 9. The group eating white chocolate had no change in blood pressure at all. The results are published in Monday's issue of Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.
So there you go. Eat all you want.
I do.
Posted by Rita at July 19, 2005 02:06 PM