How Chocolate Reduces Heart Attacks
Elaine R. Ferguson, MD | April 26, 2010
Researchers at German Institute of Human Nutrition have found that increasing chocolate intake by 6 grams a day (about 1.5 ounces per week) would reduce the occurrence of heart attacks by 85 fewer per 10,000 people during the course of a decade. The results suggest that eating a small amount of chocolate daily may help the heart and lower blood pressure. Nutrition researchers published their findings on almost 20,000 adults between 35 and 65 in the European Heart Journal.