3/30/2010 PERMALINK
New research shows a small square of chocolate a day lowers your blood pressure & reduces your risk of heart disease. Researchers in Germany followed 19,357 people, aged between 35 and 65, for at least ten years and found that those who ate the most amount of chocolate – an average of 7.5 grams a day – had lower blood pressure and a 39% lower risk of having a heart attack or stroke compared to those who ate the least amount of chocolate – an average of 1.7 grams a day. The difference between the two groups amounts to six grams of chocolate: the equivalent of less than one small square of a 100g bar. (Mad cow in beef, swine flu in pork, salmonella in chicken, e coli in fruits, vegetables and juices; thank goodness there is still chocolate. - Editor)