DARK CHOCOLATE KEY TO A HEALTHY HEART. The high content of flavonoids, a group of organic compounds that dark chocolate contains, are good for the heart. Eating dark chocolate containing 60-70 percent (even more is better) of cocoa is beneficial to the cardiovascular system. Both short-term and long-term studies were conducted on people who were at high-risk of heart disease. Researchers did a trial on participants who were hypersensitive and met requirements of metabolic syndrome to indentify how eating chocolate on a daily basis could reduce the number of non-fatal strokes and non-fatal heart attacks per year. With 100 percent compliance, 70 non-fatal and 15 fatal instances per 10,000 people in 10 years could be prevented. Even an eighty-percent compliance lowered risks substantially enough for researchers to regard dark chocolate as a healthy option to maintain cardiovascular health.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:48:34 +0000
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