Chocolate is good for your heart
Posted by Alan | Under Healthy Eating Saturday Apr 10, 2010
According to the Guardian, chocolate has now officially been proclaimed good for you since it reduces the risk of heart attack or stroke. In fact, eating a chocolate bar once a day may reduce the chance of either health condition by around 39%.
The news is the result of research that studied the chocolate intake of 19,000 people over the last eight years. At first, the chocolate intake of those included in the study was only associated with lowering the risk of stroke or heart attack, but the results changed when it was found the variants concerning the participants’ blood pressure was looked at as well.
At the same time, it the study was not able to ascertain chocolate’s affect on the participants’ blood pressure due to the fact that it was only measured at the beginning of the study. Also notable is the fact that the highest amount of chocolate consumed each day by any participant was 7.5g of chocolate which is significantly less than an entire chocolate bar.
Despite these facts, the question of whether chocolate may help the heart is still debatable. Yet, it is important to remember that even if consuming it for the health benefits chocolate is still high in calories and fat and should only be eaten in moderation. This is due to the fact that a diet that is high in calories and fat can increase the risk of not only obesity, but correspondingly stroke and heart disease which is counterproductive.
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that’s right! you shouldn’t eat too much chocolate, that’s why if you eat chocolate you should only try the best. it should be an indulgence